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Vocab
Vocab
"The Necklace"
"The Fashion Show"
Reading Strategies
100
This means extremely poor.
Poverty
100
This is something that stands for another thing.
Symbol
100
This describes when and where a story takes place. (One word)
setting
100
Memoirs share features with what other type of story?
short stories
100
In the sentence, "Her shabby apartment, with its dingy walls, worn furniture, and ugly upholstery was an embarrassment to her," name one context clue that can help a reader understand the meaning of shabby.
various
200
This means what what a person finds important
value
200
This means to encourage to take action
inspire
200
The home that Madame Loisel dreams of shows that she...
Thinks appearance is very important
200
What are some features of a memoir?
first person, about one time in someones life.
200
In the sentence, "Her shabby apartment, with its dingy walls, worn furniture, and ugly upholstery was an embarrassment to her," name one context clue that can help a reader understand the meaning of shabby.
various
300
This means something is expensive but not necessary.
luxury
300
This means to see in a certain way.
perceive
300
Why didn't Madame Loisel marry a rich, important man?
Her parents weren't wealthy, class differences
300
In the memoir, Ahmedi remembers being treated unkindly by another girl, how does she help the reader understand that feeling?
By describing the pain she felt in her body.
300
In the sentences, "I moved in time to the music, showed the clothes off well, and smiled - I did just fine! My mother beamed. She didn't say much at the time, but later on, at home, she told me she felt proud of me," what is one context clue that can help a reader understand what beamed means.
she told me she felt proud
400
This means a copy of something
imitation
400
This means embarrassing
humiliating
400
The sentence, "She took the garbage down to the street each morning and carried up the water, stopping at each floor to catch her breath," shows how much Madame Loisel has....
changed
400
The last line of the memoir, "That night, though it wasn't literally true, I felt that I was wearing high -heeled shoes at last," shows that Admedi felt...
Beautiful in spite of her injury
400
Explain how you use context clues to figure out the meaning of an unknown word.
pg 63
500
This means a situation
circumstance
500
This means a result of another action
consequence
500
The sentence, "Her shabby apartment, with its dingy walls, worn furniture, and ugly upholstery was an embarrassment to her," shows that Madame Loisel...
believes she should live in a fancy place
500
How does Ahmedi's attitude change from the beginning of the story to the end?
She goes from ashamed to proud.
500
Sometimes a sentence has a hard word in it, but gives no clues to it's meaning. Explain how to use surrounding sentences to figure out the meaning of the hard word.
pg 78