The Monkey's Paw Vocabulary Quiz

A word that means something that is dangerous

• peril

• condole

• grimace

• credulity

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A word that means to express sympathy or sorrow

• peril

• condole

• grimace

• compensation

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A word that means facial expression of pain or disgust

• grimace

• condole

• peril

• resignation

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A word that means a tendency to believe too easily

• credulity

• compensation

• resignation

• peril

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

When the author leaves clues that hinting at future events in the story, it's called _____.

• foreshadowing

• suspense

• theme

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A power that determines events that happen that we can't control is called _____.

• fate

• imagery

• foreshadowing

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The feeling the author tries to create in the reader is called the ____.

• mood

• tone

• suspense

• fate

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Language the author uses that appeals to the five senses (see, hear, smell, taste, and feel)

and is meant to create a picture in the readers mind is called _______.

• imagery

• mood

• tone

• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The religious person who gave the Sergeant-Major the monkey's paw:

• Fakir

• Talisman

• Fate

An object that has magical powers and brings good luck is called:

• Talisman

• Fakir

• Suspense