Vocabulary
A farm with many animals on it and with plenty of healthy crops can be called. . .
Prosperous
What are two words in the following passage that create a sad/gloomy mood?
The wilted flowers bent their heads toward the dry earth. The land that had once been blooming with life was now deserted.
Wilted.
Deserted.
Which one of the five senses does the following quote connect to? Explain!
"In autumn, oak and maple and birch set up a blaze of color that flamed and flickered across a backdrop of pines."
Sight
Rachel Carson
Which sentence uses blight correctly?
1) The town was blight.
2) A blight spread across the town.
2
What are three words that create a haunting mood in the following passage?
The screech of some animal could be heard in the shadowy forest as the hiker's flashlight flickered.
Screech.
Shadowy.
Flickered.
Find a quote that focuses on hearing.
What was the ultimate impact of "Silent Spring?"
DDT was banned in 1972.
Is blight a noun, verb, or adjective?
Noun.
Why did Rachel Carson write the following quote?
A grim specter has crept upon us almost unnoticed, and this imagined tragedy may easily become a stark reality we all shall know.
To warn people about the dangers of DDT
Find a quote that uses the sense of sight to paint a clearer picture for the reader.
Yes!
Why did people use DDT? What was the consequence?
DDT was used for convenience. People wanted to kill insects in their town, but they ended up hurting the wildlife and plants, causing the town to become empty and dead.
What is a word for one of the strange sicknesses that killed so many people and animals in the town?
A malady/maladies
A shadow of what spread across the town?
Death.
What is supposed to be killed with pesticides? What else is actually affected?
Insects are supposed to be killed. Humans and animals also get hurt.
Unjumble the following passage to create a sentence that uses the vocabulary terms correctly:
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The farmers were puzzled by the blight that caused the town to become deserted.
There was a strange stillness. The birds, for example - where had they gone? Many people spoke of them, puzzled and disturbed. The feeding stations in the backyards were deserted. The few birds seen anywhere were moribund; they trembled violently and could not fly. It was a spring without voices.
What is the mood of this passage?
Mysterious/scary
"In the gutters under the eaves and between the shingles of roofs, a white granular powder still showed a few patches; some weeks before it had fallen like snow upon the roofs and lawns, the fields and streams."
What is the white granular powder?
Residue from DDT/Pesticides