Question

drag each tile to the correct box. match the underlined words in the lines from john miltons paradise lost with their definitions. you may use a dictionary or any other reference material if you do not know the meaning of a word based on the context alone. distress, cunning, eternal punishment, grassy area with hideous ruine and combustion down to bottomless perdition, there to dwell under a tuft of shade that on a green stood whispering soft, by a fresh fountain side both of lost happiness and lasting pain torments him; round he throws his baleful eyes that witnessd huge affliction and dismay mixt with obdurate pride and stedfast hate thinfernal serpent, he it was, whose guile stirrd up with envy and revenge, deceivd

Explanation:

1. "perdition" in "With hideous ruine and combustion down To bottomless perdition, there to dwell" means eternal punishment. It refers to a place of eternal damnation.
2. "green" in "Under a tuft of shade that on a green Stood whispering soft, by a fresh Fountain - side" refers to a grassy area. The context suggests a natural, grass - covered place near a fountain.
3. "affliction" in "Both of lost happiness and lasting pain Torments him; round he throws his baleful eyes That witness'd huge affliction and dismay Mixt with obdurate pride and stedfast hate" implies distress. It describes a state of great suffering.
4. The serpent in "Th' infernal Serpent, he it was, whose guile Stirr'd up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd" is associated with cunning as it uses guile (deceitful or cunning intelligence) to deceive.

Answer:

1. "With hideous ruine and combustion down To bottomless perdition, there to dwell" - eternal punishment
2. "Under a tuft of shade that on a green Stood whispering soft, by a fresh Fountain - side" - grassy area
3. "Both of lost happiness and lasting pain Torments him; round he throws his baleful eyes That witness'd huge affliction and dismay Mixt with obdurate pride and stedfast hate" - distress
4. "Th' infernal Serpent, he it was, whose guile Stirr'd up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd" - cunning