The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Vocabulary

Front

Meaning of 'catch the ghost fever'

Back

People anticipated and actively hoped to see ghosts.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Front

Sentence without hyperbole

Back

"So it was a good thing that Ichabod always managed to be helpful around the farms."

Front

Meaning of 'the conversation would bubble like a witch's brew'

Back

Conversation stops suddenly, too shocked to speak.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Front

Ichabod's desire for haunted tales

Back

Wished for more scary stories

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Front

Personification example: "The snap of sticks under his feet raised the hair on the back of his neck."

Back

He was very scared.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Meaning of 'caught' in context

Back

to trap

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Flustered

Back

Nervous confusion

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Meaning of 'beside' in context

Back

surprised

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Definition NOT for 'colorful'

Back

boring

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Front

Meaning of 'brunt' in context

Back

victim

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4