5.2 - Vocabulary

Another word for generous is...

• busy

• unselfish

• thrifty

• manageable

The Latin root rupt in the word rupture means...

• break

• write

• conquer

• build

His wife told John Henry not to strain himself. In this sentence, strain means...

• to think too highly of yourself

• to get hurt by doing too much

• to travel too far away from home

• to upset yourself

Folklore experts began to study the John Henry legend seriously in the 1920's. A legend is a type of...

• record

• story

• song

• family

There are one hundred versions of the ballad. Versions are...

• verses

• authors

• singers

• variations