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Vocabulary Warm-Up

Vocabulary Warm-Up. DIRECTIONS: Use your understanding of the underlined word in each sentence to complete the questions that follow . Write the quote: “While safely on his yacht, Rainsford, reclining in a chair, indolently puffed on his favorite brier .” Answer in complete sentences:

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Vocabulary Warm-Up

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  1. Vocabulary Warm-Up DIRECTIONS: Use your understanding of the underlined word in each sentence to complete the questions that follow.

  2. Write the quote: • “While safely on his yacht, Rainsford, reclining in a chair, indolently puffed on his favorite brier.” Answer in complete sentences: • How is Rainsford smoking his cigar (e.g. lazily? quickly? nervously? loudly?) • How might he be feeling at this moment?

  3. Write the quote: 2. When Rainsford is escaping from Zaroff through the jungle he thinks that “straight flight is futile; inevitably it would bring him face to face with the sea.” Answer in complete sentences: • Does Rainsford think he can escape by coming face-to-face with the sea? • Will he likely choose another way to try to escape? Explain why.

  4. Write the quote: 3. “Hunting? What you speak of General Zaroff is murder!” said Rainsford. “You have no scruples about this most dangerous game you play?” Answer in complete sentences: • Does General Zaroff feel his game of hunting humans is acceptable? • What explanation does General Zaroff give Rainsford to convince him hunting humans on his island is acceptbale?

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