Practice and Apply Answer each question, referring to the meaning of the Critical Vocabulary word in the statement.
1. The woman was stoic during her controversial testimony. How did she behave?
2. The girl thought she saw an apparition in her bedroom. How did she react? Why?
3. The disease was rampant in the area. Were public health officials worried or not?
Explain.
4. The pickpocketing incident in the neighborhood was an anomaly. Should more
police be assigned to the neighborhood in response? Explain why or why not.
Vocabulary Strategy: Denotation and Connotation
In her essay Williams states "McCarthyism was rampant. The Critical Vocabulary word