"The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" Vocabulary Review

What does contorted mean?

• To bend out of shape

• To blend and dissolve

• To identify and describe

• To find the answer

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

If you know the rules and you ignore the rules, you are ...

• flustered

• optimistic

• defiant

• sluggish

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

To incriminate someone or something means to...

• twist or pull out of shape

• show great concern

• show nervousness or confusion

• cause them to appear guilty

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

My brother Chris for some reason was always the ____________ in my house. He was always blamed for something.

• metamorphosis

• antagonism

• assent

• sccapegoat

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A metamorphosis is ....

• to appear nervous or confused

• a change of form

• the opposite of something

• an angry person

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Antagonism means...

• willing to stand up; bold

• hopeful about the future

• nervous or confused

• hostility or unfriendliness

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

If you miss a test, I hope you have a _________ excuse!

• flustered

• persistent

• legitimate

• contorted

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of these words has the same meaning as sluggish.

• slow-moving

• fast paced

• nervous

• intense

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The basketball game was tied right up until the last second. I have to say it was a very __________ game.

• contorted

• balanced

• intense

• assent

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Grandma nodded her _______ and I was thrilled I could go to the skate park with my friends.

• scapegoat

• assent

• defiant

• persistent

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4