The Spider and the Fly

Which word means depressive, dreary, or gloomy?

• dismal
• gauzy
• subtle

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

What word is a synonym with tired, fatigued, and exhausted?

• cunning
• aloft
• weary

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which word does not belong?

• witty
• idle
• wiley
• cunning

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which word completes this sentence?
The fly's wings were described as brilliant and _________ by the spider.

• subtle
• dismal
• gauzy

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which vocabulary word means viciously, angrily, and aggressively?

• fiercely
• witty
• wily
• weary

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.RL.5.4

When something is difficult to analyze or describe due to being delicate or precise, you could say that it is ____________.

• aloft
• subtle
• gauzy

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Just like doing something in vain, if something is pointless and without purpose, you could say it is ___________.

• fiecely
• wily
• idle

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

To be high up or far above the ground is to be ___________.

• aloft
• dismal
• cunning

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

Who tells the tale of the poem?

• The tale is told by neither the spider nor the fly
• The spider tells the tale
• The fly tells the tale

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.6

To be trusting and to believe what one says means to be gullible.  Who is trusting and gullible in the poem?

• Mary Howitt
• The spider
• The fly

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2