In the Mountains Short Story Descriptive Vocabulary

"...care for ones' outward appearance tends to drop away."

• stagnate

• improve

• deteriorate

• fall

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

emanating

• coming from

• going to

• entering

• hugging

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"I suppose you don't like the tea," Pritam said challenglingly. What word best sums up Pritam's attitude here?

• lacking in confidence

• dismissive

• angry

• boisterous

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The name of the doctor whose name refers to a 'polite person' in the local language...

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"An expression of bashfulness came into his face, mixed with regret, with melancholy." Which phrase best reflects his mood?

• shyness, frustration, sadness

• shyness, ruefulness, sadness

• spite, ruefulness, sadness

• spite, frustration, curiosity

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

reproached

• rebuked

• reminded

• revolved

• went back

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"she picked her way down, as sure and steady as a mountain goat." Is an example of a ...

• alliteration

• oxymoron

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

appreciatively

• sedately

• wonderfully

• thoughtfully

• admiringly

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

incarnations

• past lives

• current lives

• ancestors

• demons

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

offended

• to inflict hurt on someone

• to feel hurt by something

• opposite of defended

• argued

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4