"The Fall of the House of Usher" Review

impossible to tolerate; unbearable

• insufferable

• munificent

• stealthy

• tremulous

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

quiet or sneaky, so as not to be heard

• insufferable

• munificent

• stealthy

• anxious

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

fear or anxiety concerning something about to happen

• insufferable

• malady

• trepidation

• stealthy

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

an illness or disease

• malady

• trepidation

• stealth

• vigor

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

very generous

• insufferable

• munificent

• stealthy

• tremulous

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Put the events of "The Fall of the House of Usher" in order (so far)

• The narrator meets the family physician, who seems perplexed.

• Lady Madeline passes through the room but does not notice the narrator, and Roderick Usher bursts into tears.

• The narrator notices the remarkable changes in Roderick Usher's appearance, making his friend almost unrecognizable.

• Roderick Usher informs the narrator that the lady Madeline has died, and he wishes to store her body in one of the vaults of the home.

• The narrator receives a letter from his childhood friend.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Choose the word that best completes the sentence: The scholarship committee was able to provide a(n) ​ (a)   amount of scholarships to this year's senior class.

• insufferable
• stealthy
• malodorous
• munificent

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Choose the word that best completes the sentence: I would love to visit Walt Disney World this summer, but the heat is ​ (a)   in July and August. ​

• stealthy
• insufferable
• tremulous

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Choose the word that best completes the sentence: My sister suffers from a rare ​ (a)   that requires her to visit the doctor regularly.

• stealth
• trepidation
• malady

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Choose the word that best completes the sentence: Creeping down the hallway, the ​ (a)   teenager successfully snuck in after his curfew.

• stealthy
• munificent
• clumsy

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4