Name
The Devil's Arithmetic
Activity #5 Vocabulary
Chapters 5-6
feathered (33) tentatively (33) humoring (34) companionable (35)
mused (36) expansively (37) snick (38)
slovens (39)
henpecked (40) swipe (40) smock (41)
distinguish (41)
privy (42)
plaits (43)
timidity (44)
crocks (45)
threaded (45) goyish (46)
ferrety (47)
appalled (49)
Directions: Find at least three other ways of expressing the meaning o
sing the meaning of the following words
en find one antonym for each. Write a sentence using each of the vocabulary words
1. tentatively
Antonym
2. distinguish
Antonym
3. mused
Antonym
4. timidity
Antonym
Sappalled
Antonym
6. companionable
Antonym
7
slovens
Antony

Read the paragraph. [1] this year, the linden high school debate team is bigger than ever. [2] neither the students nor the faculty advisor has much experience, but it’s a smart, capable, argumentative group! [3] we’ve tried to make a schedule that allows us to study, prepare, and scrimmage. [4] only one of us are able to practice on thursdays or fridays, which can be inconvenient. [5] even so, we feel prepared and excited for this year’s tournaments. [6] our first debate is on october 10th, and we are excited that it is so soon. which two sentences have subject-verb agreement errors? sentence 2 and sentence 4 sentence 2 and sentence 1 sentence 3 and sentence 5 sentence 4 and sentence 6

Poetry is a huge part of literary history. it is also a part of musical history. from the lyrics of ancient folk songs to those of modern-day rap, musicians have used words in their art to express life, love, and culture. whether the melody comes first or the words do, it is a poet's job to make them work together. the music and words become partners in the goal of expressing ideas or affecting the listener in some way. we have all been turned into mush by a beautiful song with a sad message, and we have the musical poets to for that. based on the sentences in this paragraph, which statement is accurate? sentence 1 is a complex sentence that varies the style and tone of the paragraph. sentence 3 is a complex sentence that varies the style and tone of the paragraph. sentence 5 is a compound sentence that varies the fluency and style of the paragraph. sentence 6 is a compound sentence that varies the fluency and style of the paragraph.

Which of these can an adverbial clause modify?