Poe and Poetry Vocab 1

The youth walks up to the white horse, to put its halter on

and the horse looks at him in silence.

From the context of the sentence what do you think a halter is?

• shirt

• straps o rope around the head of the horse

• the thing the horse pulls

• ear plugs

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The antonym of narrow is:

• thick

• slender

• thin

• whispy

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Mr. Vandell thought to himself "That boy is quite a clever fellow".

From the context what is another word for fellow?

• animal

• creature

• plant

• individual

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The grass divides as with a comb,

A spotted shaft is seen;

And then it closes at your feet

And opens further on

From the context what do you think the word shaft means?

• lump

• rod

• pool

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The area next to the river was boggy so our shoes got muddy.

What is the meaning of boggy

• swampy

• sandy

• watery

• snowy

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Several of nature’s people

I know, and they know me;

I feel for them a transport

Of cordiality;

From the context, what do you think the word transport means?

• to move from one place to another

• a type of vehicle

• a feeling of

• to me moved from one place

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

All his friends at the birthday party playing together had a feeling of cordiality.

From the context of the sentence what do you think cordiality means.

• frustration

• boredom

• friendliness

• rowdiness

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

But never met this fellow,

attended or alone,

Without a tighter breathing,

And zero at the bone.

What is the opposite of attended?

• with somone

• in a group

• by yourself

• with your family

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5