Fresh Vocab 20

Maria gave an _____ to the audience so they would know she was playing a trick on the other characters on stage.

• aside

• eloquence

• exile

Charity spoke with an _____ that convinced people to vote for her for student council president.

• aside

• eloquence

• exile

The king had to _____ his knight for trying to take over the throne.

• aside

• eloquence

• exile

Due to my mom’s _____ taste, our living room has been five different colors in the last five years.

• fickle

• fray

• gallant

The Montagues and Capulets were having a _____ in the streets; several of them got hurt.

• fickle

• fray

• gallant

The _____ superhero defeated the bad guy.

• fickle

• fray

• gallant

My Country Tis of Thee is a popular _____ song.

• martial

• monologue

• paraphrase

Romeo addressed his friends with a _____, trying to convince them he was really in love.

• martial

• monologue

• paraphrase

I wrote a _____ of the opening lines by saying, “Two families of equal status” instead of “Two households, both alike in dignity.”

• martial

• monologue

• paraphrase

Hamlet’s long _____ begins, “To be or not to be, that is the question.”

• martial

• soliloquy

• paraphrase