Downriver Vocabulary ch-5-8

Which example illustrates the idea of Karma best?

• A little lost puppy sits hopelessly by the side of the road.

• A thief loses his phone on the bus as he's carrying his stolen goods home.

• Two earthquakes occur within five minutes of each other.

• One soccer player is able to dribble the ball down the field past other less skilled players.

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What might make someone feel forlorn?

• Missing their family and friends

• Taking a nice hot shower to warm up

• Winning an award for excellent achievement

• Seeing a scary movie

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What would be the best example of a windfall?

• a homeless person inherits a house from a relative

• A teenager gets a job delivering pizza

• A man opens a savings account to save money for his son's college

• A young kid tips over on his bike because of the strong breeze

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

How does an ominous occurrence make you feel?

• nervous

• excited

• sad

• curious

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

When a group of people reaches consensus....

• ...they enjoy each other's company

• ...they agree about something.

• ...they hope for something that is not likely to happen

• ...they are unwilling to do something

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which is the most obvious example of reverberation?

• When you yell something in an empty room and hear an echo

• When you do something mean to someone, and then it happens to you

• When you agree with all the other kids in your class and everyone is happy

• When you feel lonely from being by yourself

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

If an event is improbable...

• you should prepare for it immediately.

• you can't predict when it will happen.

• you might be surprised if it happened.

• you really can't stop it from happening.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What emotion is a person likely to feel if they are in isolation?

• loneliness

• anger

• enthusiasm

• confusion

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which scenario describes a disoriented person?

• Martha was furious that someone took her phone, and she cursed loudly.

• John woke up in an unfamiliar room, and he had no idea where he was.

• Nick was able to do a really clean kick flip on his skateboard, but his friends couldn't do it.

• Shaylee knew there was nothing she could do to prevent an argument between her friends.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Something that you find intoxicating might ______________.

• make you feel a rush of emotion

• scare you and make you run away

• leave you feeling lonely

• indicate that an event is going to happen

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4