Question

chapter 2. exercises
vii. solve it!
directions: use the clues and words from this chapter to complete the crossword puzzle. some of the words may be in a different part of speech.
word bank
revive
survivor
vivid
vivacious
mortal
immortal
mortified
morbid
clues:
across

1. the works of edgar allan poe are gothic, which often is about ______ subjects.
2. the painting of the sunset was so ______ that i thought it was a photograph.
3. the explorer juan ponce de león searched for a magical fountain that would make him ______ so he would never die.
4. john krakauer wrote a book called into thin air about his experience of being stranded on a mountain; he is an example of a ______.

down

1. a person learns cpr so he or she will be able to ______ someone.
2. if i gave a speech in front of a large group of people and forgot a few lines, i would feel ______.
3. the ______ meerkats scampered around their den with intense energy.
4. humans are ______, the opposite of greek gods like apollo.

unscramble the letters in the circles in the crossword puzzle to make a word that answers the riddle below.
the unscrambled word is not one of the vocabulary words from this lesson, but it is related to some of them.
i am a person who is in charge of a body before a funeral. ______
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Explanation:

• Across 4: Edgar Allan Poe's Gothic works often deal with dark and disturbing themes, so "morbid" fits.
• Across 6: A painting that looks like a photograph is very lifelike, so "vivid" is appropriate.
• Across 7: The explorer wanted to be immortal, so that's the word.
• Across 8: Someone stranded on a mountain and surviving is a "survivor".
• Down 1: CPR is used to bring someone back to life, so "revive".
• Down 2: Forgetting lines in a speech in front of a large group would make one feel embarrassed, so "mortified".
• Down 3: Meerkats with intense energy are "vivacious".
• Down 5: Humans are not like Greek gods, they are "mortal".
• Unscrambling the circled - letters gives a word related to handling a body before a funeral, which is a "mortician".

Answer:

Across:

1. morbid
2. vivid
3. immortal
4. survivor

Down:

1. revive
2. mortified
3. vivacious
4. mortal

Unscrambled word: mortician