Monsters of Kings Island Vocabulary

Match the words with the image that best describes it's meaning.

• Ubiquitous

• 
• Commensurate

• 
• Not benign

• 

The politician tried hard to run away from the​ ​ (a)   of his reputation , but it was impossible. Ads reminding us of his misdeeds were ​ (b)   on the nightly news programs.

• infamy
• ubiquitous
• dubious
• benign

She has created an artificial sharkskin that mimics natural sharkskin's ​ (a)   resistance to bacteria.

• innate
• dubious
• ubiquitous
• commensurate

This quote is an example of:

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

The pleasure of eating a fresh picked strawberry straight off the vine is ​ (a)   with the time and effort required to grow them.

• commensurate
• benign
• dubious
• ubiquitous

Put these text quotes in the same order that they occurred in the story.

• The train threaded into the station. We climbed out, laughing dizzily, and I felt something commensurate to love

• “Are you O.K., Christopher?” my father asked as we waited in line at the Beast’s entrance. “We can skip it.”

• A sense of joy overtook me, that we could all be scared out of our wits together.

• Even before I saw the roller coaster, its infamy was scored in my mind by way of the Beast’s ubiquitous logo.

• The car ascended on a jittery chain that did the work of teeth-chattering for me, up a 112-foot peak, and all my brain could contemplate was the drop.

At the end of the story "The Monster of Kings Island" the narrator was:

• sobbing

• mourning

• bereaved

• connective tissue

• joyful

Which statement could be a theme of "The Monster of Kings Island"?

• Your appearance should not determine what people think of you.

• Fear is part of what it means to be human.

• Good things come to those who wait.

• Joy is the result of years of hard work.

• Challenging yourself will earn you the respect of your family members.

What is the difference between a memoir and an autobiography?

• An autobiography is about the author's entire life, while a memoir focuses on a specific aspect or period.

• A memoir is true, but an autobiography is not true.

• Autobiographies are written when the author dies while memoirs are written when the author is still alive.

• Memoirs are longer.

Sort the words into the categories below.

Groups:

(a) Nouns

,

(b) Verbs

,

(c) Adjectives

• innate

• plunged

• waited

• braces

• rite of passage

• roller coaster

• overtook

• connective tissue

• dubious

• jittery

• ascended

• benign