Invasion from Mars Vocabulary

1. The newsman, Carl Phillips, said he was in the middle of the most ________________ experience and he could not find words to describe what he was seeing.

• alarmed

• reacted

• fade

• extraordinary

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

2. On October 30, 1938, Orson Wells broadcasted a radio called "The War of the Worlds" and people who tuned in after the broadcast became __________ because they thought it was real.

• convey

• daring

• alarmed

• conferring

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

3. When the crow started seeing something crawl out of the metal object, there was a shout of _____________ from the crowd.

• awe

• fade

• luminous

• extraordinary

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

4. The creature that crawled out of the cylinder had two _______________ disks that they thought were eyes.

• alarmed

• luminous

• conferring

• convey

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.RL.4.4

5. A stage direction while people acted out this play was to have the announcer's voice _________ out and have the music start playing.

• daring

• extraordinary

• reacted

• fade

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.3

6. It is an interesting question to think about how we would have __________ if this happened to us.

• reacted

• daring

• convey

• climbed

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

7. The police captain began _____________ with Professor Pierson as to what step to take next to keep the onlookers safe.

• alarmed

• conferring

• daring

• fade

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

8. It was ________________ to look at this serpent whose eyes are black and gleam, while saliva dripped from its rimless lips.

• alarmed

• fade

• indescribable

• convey

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

9. Some of the more __________________ people approached the object to get closer even though they didn't know what had created the pit.

• indescribable

• reacted

• alarmed

• daring

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

10. Mr. Phillips said he wished he could _____________ the atmosphere that he was trying to describe because it was a fantastic scene.

• awe

• luminous

• convey

• daring

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4