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Tangerine 4 Vocabulary Practice

Choose the correct word to complete each sentence. Words will be used only once! Points will be deducted for a misspelled word.

capsizerogue archenemy catapulted unflinching

retaliatewitheringvehemently agonizing despised

1. Paul (ed) on his older brother for burning his toast by putting salt in the sugar bowl.

2. My friend, Bill’s ______was Eddie. They never could get along.

3. She ______denied to her parents that she had received detention from her English teacher.

4. They then transferred the youths ashore, at one point the lifeboat being almost __ (ed) by breaking surf.

5. Governments and community leaders are over a decision to go to war.

6.The website carries a critique of the government's response to the Royal Commission report.

7. The convict stood before the jury. He had no fear that he would be found not guilty.

8. I have never believed that he could have been a ______cop. He is just so loveable.

9. I'm sure I saw pumpkins being into the air,but by late afternoon, all of Mr. Biddy’s pumpkins were smashed on the opposite side of the parking lot.

10. She seafood so much that she wouldn’t even go to restaurant that served it.

Select the definition that most nearly defines the given word.

1. / despised
/ to dislike somebody or something intensely and with contempt
/ Worried and uneasy.
/ to throw something with great force
/ 2. / catapulted
/ Search or inquire in a meddlesome way.
/ to throw something with great force
/ Worried and uneasy.
/ 3. / archenemy
/ acting or arriving on time; prompt
/ Widely known and esteemed.
/ somebody's main or worst enemy
4. / vehemently
/ complete control of a product or service
/ expressed with or showing conviction or intense feeling
/ Worried and uneasy.
/ 5. / unflinching
/ expressing scorn or contempt
/ Lacking a warm manner; unfriendly.
/ strong and unhesitating; unmoved
/ 6. / rogue
/ an unscrupulous or dishonest person, especially somebody who is also likable
/ somebody's main or worst enemy
/ to throw something with great force
7. / withering
/ To get rid of germs.
/ expressing scorn or contempt with the intention to embarrass
/ A ukulele, or stringed musical instrument
/ 8. / retaliate
/ to deliberately harm somebody in revenge
/ To get rid of germs.
/ Of very poor quality or condition.
/ 9. / capsize
/ somebody's main or worst enemy
/ to overturn an object, most of the time on water
/ Of very poor quality or condition.

Tangerine Vivid Vocabulary


Across

4. strong and unhesitating; unmoved

5. somebody's main or worst enemy

8. to dislike somebody or something intensely (past tense)

9. to throw something with force

Down

1. showing conviction

2. an unscrupulous or dishonest person

3. expressing scorn or contempt

5. causing much unpleasantness

6. to overturn an object

7. revenge for a harm done


10 of 10 words were placed into the puzzle.Created by Puzzlemaker at DiscoveryEducation.com

PRE AP Academic Vocabulary Homework 6.5

Matching Definitions:

  1. ______1st person POVA. The main character in a literary work.
  2. ______3rd person omniscient POVB. told from the perspective of a character in

story using pronouns (I or me). Audience is limited to the viewpoint of that character.

  1. ______3rd person limited POVC. A play on words that are identical or similar in

sound but have different meanings

  1. ______protagonistD. a narrative told from the perspective of a

narrator revealing the thoughts and knowledge of some but not all characters

  1. ______punE. told from the perspective of an “all knowing”

narrator who is not a character.

Fill in the Blank:

1st person POV3rd person omniscient POV3rd person limited POV

protagonistpun

  1. In Tangerine, Erik could be considered the ______, while Paul is the ______.
  2. Tangerine is written in this point of view: ______.
  3. The point of view used in both The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle and Freak the Mighty: ______
  4. 3rdperson point of views use pronouns such as ______, ______, and ______.
  5. Write your own pun!

Example of a pun: When Mercutio is bleeding to death in Romeo and Juliet, he says to his friends, “Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man.”

______