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Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Who's feelings and why
Right There
Fact or Opinion
100
Gardens in the middle of the fair grounds.
What is Ornamental
100
Frivolous and lighthearted, impulsive, flighty. Silly
What is Giddy
100
"All we learned about the fair filled my heart to overflowing and struck me dumb with dread.
What is Geneva. Why: Her heart was full of information about the exciting things she would see at the fair. However, she was also scared about going.
100
1904
What is the Saint Louis World Fair
100
I didn't know there were that many people at the world fair. They scared me at first, but then I couldn't see enough.
What is an opinion
200
Telling something before it happens, like the weather. Predict.
What is Fortold
200
Carefully weighed or considered, studied, intentional.
What is Deliberately
200
Mama weakened some. She found out when the Shumates were going and we plannned to go at the same time, just so we'd know somebody there. But we didn't take the same train.
What is Mama being disapointed because they are not traveling with the Shumates.
200
Hamburgers, hot dogs, peanut butter, iced tea, cotton candy and ice cream cones
What was introduced at the world fair.
200
Aunt Elvera cast me a baleful look, as if this was all my fault.
What is opinion
300
The person in charge
What is Conducted
300
impressive or awesome
What is Grandeur
300
"You wouldn't catch me sitting on that thing in a moving train. I would fall off."
What is mama and Jenova's feelings about the bathroom.
300
Mississippi river
What is the river they crossed on the train from Saint Louis to Lousianna Purchase.
300
We learned a good deal of history: the fourteen female statues to stand for the states of Louisiana.
What is a fact.
400
To make known.
What is Informed
400
Not proud or arrogant, courteously respectful.
What is Humbler
400
"That is the sound of doom"
What is mamas feelings about the ferris wheel.
400
250 feet high
What is the height of the ferris wheel
400
Many poor people lived in the ghetto during 1904
What is a fact.
500
To weigh carefully in the mind. To think about it carefully.
What is Pondered
500
A container that holds water
What is Flask
500
"Well Mary," she said to Mama, "I guess this clock shames your garden" Mama dipped her head modestly to show the cornflowers on her hat. "Yes Elvera" mama said, "I a humbler woman for tor this experience.
What is mamas feelings about the flower clock.
500
Each hand weighed 2,500 pounds.
What is the weight of each hand of the flower clock.
500
The inside Inn was expensive.
What is an opinion