Question

grade 6; module 1; unit 1 homework: unfamiliar vocabulary: the lightning thief, chapter 2 date: name: directions: reread each passage from chapter 2 of the lightning thief. then answer the question(s) below the passage. 1. \i started feeling cranky and irritable most of the time.\ what word in this sentence best helps in understanding the meaning of irritable? a. feeling b. cranky c. most d. started 2. \all three women looked ancient, with pale faces wrinkled like fruit leather, silver hair tied back in white bandanas, bony arms sticking out of bleached cotton dresses.\ which words in this sentence do not help in understanding the meaning of ancient? a. wrinkled like fruit leather b. silver hair c. bony arms d. white bandanas 3. \i remembered mr. brunners serious expression, his thousand - year - old eyes. i will accept only the best from you, percy jackson.\ use a print or online dictionary. copy the meaning of the word expression as it is used in this sentence.

Explanation:

1. In the sentence "I started feeling cranky and irritable most of the time.", "cranky" is a synonym of "irritable", helping to understand its meaning.
2. "Wrinkled like fruit leather", "silver hair" are related to old - ness which helps understand "ancient", while "bony arms" and "white bandanas" have no relation to the meaning of "ancient".
3. Using a dictionary, "expression" in the context of "Mr. Brunner's serious expression" means the look on one's face.

Answer:

1. b. cranky
2. c. bony arms, d. white bandanas
3. The look on one's face.