Vocabulary 1-3
An irate mob.
What does irate mean?
A) Angry
B) Huge
C) Cowardly
A) Angry
What do you do in the presenting phase?
A) brainstorm ideas
B) check for spelling mistakes
C) write first draft
A) Brainstorming idea
Part of speech of annihilate
A) noun
B) verb
C) adjective
B) verb
Is it a subject or object pronoun?
Find Andrew and Dawson, and get instructions from them.
Object
Part of speech of doleful
A) adjective
B) verb
C) noun
A) adjective
An illegible note
What does illegible mean?
A) Unbelievable
B) Unopened
C) Unreadable
C) Unreadable
Is the topic too broad, too narrow, or suitable for a an essay?
Kings and queens of England.
too broad
Synonym of servitude
A) beggary
B) crime
C) captivity
C) captivity
In my dream, I must carefully but swiftly descend.
is the underlined verb a helping verb, action verb, or linking verb.
Helping verb
Finish this sentence - A conditional mood...
A) expresses a wish
B) expresses something hypothetical
C) makes a command
B) expresses something hypothetical
Became a pauper overnight?
What does pauper mean?
A) Criminal
B) Beggar
C) ExpertB) Beggar
A sentence without adjectives is like a pizza without toppings.
Is this a simile, metaphor, or personification?
Simile
Antonym of facilitate
A) doubt
B) hinder
C) speed
B) hinder
Which of these words is an abstract noun?
One event during colonial times--The Boston Tea Party-- led the colonies to support each other instead of Britain.
Times
Finish this statement - To condone is to
A) praise
B) pardon
C) condemn
C) condemn
Feared expulsion
What does expulsion mean?
A) Adventure
B) Expulsion
C) Discovery
B) Expulsion
Make it parallel:
The bay window looked out onto the rolling hills and (distant forests, forests that were far away).
Distant forests
Antonym of opaque
A) transparent
B) dark
C) light
A) transparent
What pronoun can be found below?
On December 16, 1773, colonial men costumed as Native Americans boarded the ships in Boston Harbor and threw tea over them.
Personal
In August 1914, Ernest Shackleton became the leader of an expedition to cross Antarctica.
What part of the sentence is underlined?
A) understood subject
B) predicate nominative
B) predicate nominative
Planned to usurp power
What does usurp mean?
A) seize
B) relinquish
C) enjoy
A) Ssize
sentence, run-on, or fragment?
Dahl did not become a professional writer until much later in life.
Sentence
Antonym of auspicious
A) encouraging
B) bright
C) ominous
C) ominous
Is it a subject or object pronoun?
Ponyboy hopes either to hand her the tickets or to leave THEM in a safe place.
Object