The Circuit Vocab Part 1
The Circuit Vocab Part II
The Circuit Vocab Part III
Poetry Vocabulary
Plot and Essay Vocabulary
100
What is this?
Caterpillar
100
The Sierra Nevada mountains forms a natural _____________ between California and Nevada. It is a line between the two states.
border
100
What is this?
cotton
100
What type of figurative language is this?
Curtis came at me like an angry bull.
A simile
100
Number 1
Exposition
200
What is this?
A vineyard
200
She believed that God had given her the power to perform ______________.
miracles
200
What is this?
a jalopy
200
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. 
Hyperbole
200
What is an exposition?
Exposition = setting and time. It basically introduces the characters and the place.
300
It was a ____________________ that my sister lived! She was so sick and was going to die, but she lived
miracle
300
Which of the following word BEST replaces the bolded word in the text?
Roberto, who had attended the school the year before, accompanied me to the main office where we met the principal, Mr. Sims, a tall, red-headed man with bushy eyebrows and hairy hands.
a. left
b. ran with
c. waited with
d. walked with
d. walked with
300
When his girlfriend asked him if she was pretty, he knew _____________ what not to say.
a. embed
b. instinctively
c. immensely
d. jalopy
b. instinctively
300
What is "Moo"?
onomatopoeia
300
What is number 5?
Resolution
400
Read the excerpt from the story. Choose the word that means nearly the same as dilapidated?
When we first got El Perico, he spent most of the time in a makeshift wire cage Roberto, my older brother, built for him. But once he learned to trust us and he became a family member, El Perico wandered around freely in the dilapidated garage where we lived while harvesting Mr. Jacobson’s vineyards.
a. wonderful
b. in very bad condition
c. in great condition
d. terrible
b. in very bad condition
400
I could tell that he was not a _____________ of our town because he could not speak Tagalog. He’s definitely not from this town!
resident
400
The butterfly first ____________ from the cocoon when Spring came.
a. acquired
b. went broke
c. emerged
d. collected
c. emerged
400
Pals the Puppy Pops Popcorn Perniciously
Alliteration
400
What is the most important sentence in an essay? Why?
The Thesis. It's important because it previews the rest of the essay. It tells you what the essay is about.
500
Read the excerpt from the story. Choose the word that means nearly the same as harvesting?
When we first got El Perico, he spent most of the time in a makeshift wire cage Roberto, my older brother, built for him. But once he learned to trust us and he became a family member, El Perico wandered around freely in the dilapidated garage where we lived while harvesting Mr. Jacobson’s vineyards.
Collecting crops
500
The team ____________ three new players this year.
a. harvested
b. collection
c. acquired
d. played
c. acquired
500
He can cheat me out of my money. He can fire me. But he can’t force me to do what isn’t right. He can’t take away my ___________. That he can’t do!”
a. children
b. collection
c. tension
d. dignity
d. dignity
500
When Katy Perry says "You're a Firework", what two things does she compare? What does she mean by this metaphor?
She compares the listener to the firework. She compares the listener to the firework because the firework is bright, colorful, and is seen by many people. She says people should not be afraid but also be bright and colorful.
500
Immigrants are a problem in America. But they don't know that we are good people and how parents work very hard to give to their children the opportunity to have a better future than them. However immigrants can help the United States of America economy. In the story The Circuit by Francisco Jimenez demonstrates the difficulties of an immigrant that moves to another country. Francisco show to us that despite the difficulties you can improve over time. And also after reading this book i learned that the impossible can be possible with faith. Francisco Jiménez use of symbol, figurative language and characters in the story helps to illustrate the difficulties and triumphs of an immigrant.
Which part of the essay is the bolded part of the paragraph? What is the purpose?
The hook. To get the reader's attention and interest.