The True Confessions of
Charlotte Doyle
Vocabulary/Figurative Language
entangled
• While taking down the Christmas lights,
my husband entangled the strands
around his legs.
• A. untwisted together
• B. twisted together
• B. twisted together
Do Now…December 9, 2014
• Journal Entry: Is it fair or just that you
have to do summer school if you do not
attain a “C” average or above in reading or
math?
• Homework: Missed spelling 5 times each.
SS pages 96 & 97 and vocabulary graphic
organizer.
endeavored
• Once I completed my chores, I
endeavored to relax in my family room.
• A. attempted
• B. failed
• A. attempted
ascent
• The plane at Midway airport began its
ascent into the sky.
• A. a downward climb
• B. an upward climb
• B. an upward climb
ratlines
In order to climb to the top of the ship, I used
the ratlines that resemble a ladder.
• A. small ropes, fastened horizontally to
ropes supporting a ship’s mast, which
together form a ladder
• B. small ropes, fastened vertically to ropes
supporting a ship’s mast, which together
form a ladder.
• A. small ropes, fastened horizontally to
ropes supporting a ship’s mast, which
together form a ladder
treacherous
• The weather outside during hurricane
Sandy was treacherous.
• A. unpredictable dangers
• B. safe and predictable
• A. unpredictable dangers
seasoned
• The applicants that I interviewed for the
available teaching position were
seasoned in this field.
• A. no experience
• B. experienced
• B. experienced
rigging
• As I climbed up the ratlines, I would try to
rest upon the rigging, a bunch of ropes
attached to the ship’s sails.
• A. the system of ropes, chains and other
gear used to control a ship’s sails
• B. the system of ropes, chains and other
gear used to control the entire ship
• A. the system of ropes, chains and other
gear used to control a ship’s sails
seasoned
ratlines
treacherous
entangled
ascent
rigging
endeavored
Figurative Language
• Similes: phrases that use the word like or as to
compare two unlike things. Ex. The Seahawk
was like a wooden toy. Pg. 105
• Metaphors: comparisons between two things that
do not uses the word like or as: My head felt light,
my heart an anvil. Pg. 104
• Personification: giving an object human
qualities, such as feelings, senses and actions.
And when I looked beyond, I saw a sea that was
infinity itself, ready, eager to swallow me whole.
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