Vocabulary Unit 1

give up power

• abdicate

• contradict

• countermand

• recommend

Answer explanation

When someone abdicates, they give up beine king or queen.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

say against

• abdicate

• contradict

• countermand

• recommend

Answer explanation

These two signs contradict one another.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

order to stop previous order

• abdicate

• contradict

• countermand

• recommend

Answer explanation

Never mind, don't do it!

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

say go back to a person because they are good

• abdicate

• contradict

• countermand

• recommend

Answer explanation

When you recommend something, you are telling someone to try it out because it's good.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

compare two things to explain

• analogy

• monologue

• epilogue

• prologue

Answer explanation

Here, life is being compared to a box of chocolates. The end of the analogy says, "you never know what you're going to get." This explains HOW life is like a box of chocolates.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

what is said at the end of the book

• analogy

• monologue

• epilogue

• prologue

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

long speech by one person

• analogy

• monologue

• epilogue

• prologue

Answer explanation

A monologue is when one character has a lot to say!!!!

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.4.2D

words at the beginning of a book

• analogy

• monologue

• epilogue

• prologue

Answer explanation

A prologue usually tells what happened before the story starts.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

characters speaking

• dialogue

• monologue

• epilogue

• prologue

Answer explanation

Dialogue is when two or more people or characters are speaking.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.W.4.2D

order by superior

• command

• demand

• mandatory

• countermand

Answer explanation

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E