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The Hunger Games--Close Reading Notes/Vocabulary—Chapters 6-10

CHAPTER 6

Vocabulary:

AdversariesBarbarismHovercraft

MaimedMandatorySurveillance

Split Page Notes:

  1. What comment of Effie Trinket’s does Katniss find ironic, and why?
  2. What is an Avox?
  3. What does Haymitch mean when he says that the handholding between Katniss and Peeta had been “the perfect touch of rebellion?”
  4. Briefly summarize the story of the redheaded girl that Katniss recognizes.
  5. What does Katniss wish she could say to the redheaded girl?

CHAPTER 7

Vocabulary:

AmiableAnimateArbitrarilyArroganceBrutality

DelugedDemeanEmaciatedSkewerSurly

Split Page Notes:

  1. What does Katniss dream about?
  2. What are some indications that Peeta likes Katniss more than she has realized up to this point?
  3. How does Katniss feel about Peeta’s feelings for her?
  4. Who are the Career Tributes and what makes them threatening?
  5. Why does Rue remind Katniss of her sister, Prim?
  6. What shocking thing does Katniss do at the end of her archery demonstration?

CHAPTER 8

Vocabulary:

ArduousConfidantDefiantlyGuffawsIrredeemably

LeniencyMenacingMischievouslyPungentOblivious

Split Page Notes:

  1. Why is Katniss crying?
  2. Why does Katniss compare her close relationship with Gale to her conflicted relationship with Peeta?
  3. What surprising announcement does Haymitch make at the end of the chapter?
  4. What is the significance of this announcement?

CHAPTER 9

Vocabulary:

AgonizingAloofAnecdoteBanalDespise

EccentricElusiveGossamerRadiantSullen

Split Page Notes:

  1. What is Katniss’s first reaction to Peeta’s decision to be coached separately?
  2. Why are the tribute interviews important?
  3. Why is Katniss’s coaching session with Haymitch discouraging?
  4. What is the girl trying to communicate to Katniss when she touches her lips and then points to Katniss’s chest?
  5. What important advice does Cinna give to Katniss?
  6. What final question does Caesar Flickerman ask Katniss?
  7. On what dramatic note does the chapter end?

CHAPTER 10

Vocabulary:

AghastAssentBarrenBreachedCatacombs

ConcealmentDelectableDinEludesTawny

Split Page Notes:

  1. Why is Katniss so furious with Peeta that she violently shoves him?
  2. According to Haymitch, how will Peeta’s confession of love help both Katniss and Peeta in the Games?
  3. What final words of advice does Haymitch give to Katniss and Peeta?
  4. Who was Titus, and what happened to him?
  5. What happens to each arena after the year’s Hunger Games has ended?
  6. What is the final item that Cinna places on Katniss’s outfit?
  7. Identify at least two references or similarities to ancient Rome in this chapter.