The City of Ember Vocabulary 13-16

She needed someone wise and sensible to help her sort things out.

• short

• foolish

• reasonable

• intelligent

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Lina saw that Clary was no better at deciphering the puzzle than she was.

• eating quickly

• making out the meaning of

• digging up

• brushing aside

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

“It means ‘the way out.’ It means ‘the exit.’ The title of this document is ‘Instructions for Egress.’”

• exit

• envelope

• entrance

• freedom

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

She thought about the mayor, down in his room full of plunder, gorging on peaches and asparagus and wrapping his huge body in elegant new clothes.

• food

• junk

• expensive items

• stolen goods

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

He ran a finger over their convoluted surface.

• highly complex

• simple

• faded

• hidden

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Lina stepped across the threshold.

• the entrance or passage into a room or building

• steps down

• riverbank

• the steep slope of a hill

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Doon shook his head in bewilderment. “Maybe a candle is a kind of handle,” he said.

• frustration

• clarity

• confusion

• joy

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What was the power that turned the worm into a moth? It was greater than any power the Builders had had, he was sure of that. The power that ran the city of Ember was feeble by comparison—and about to run out.

• extremely bright

• abundant

• excessively slow

• very weak or ineffective

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

She pictured frenzied crowds of people, and Poppy tiny and lost among them.

• agitated and panicked

• very large

• slow moving

• fierce and angry

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

“Spreading vicious rumors,” said the guard. “Telling dangerous lies calculated to cause civic unrest.”

• of or belonging to a city

• national

• a slight amount

• popular

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4