Name: SR#: Date: Golden Goblet Chapter 7 & 8 Vocabulary Words Direction: Read sentences and use context clues to define what each word means.

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1 Name: SR#: Date: Golden Goblet Chapter 7 & 8 Vocabulary Words Direction: Read sentences and use context clues to define what each word means. Word Sentence Context Clue Definition Amiable The amiable boy shared his lunch with the new kid at school. Dictionary Definition Culprit Quarrel Defiant Desiccate Abrupt Voluminous As soon as he saw the broken window, he began to look for the culprit. My sister and I had a quarrel over who is going to seat in the first seat of the car. The defiant girl refused to listen to the teacher, when the teacher asked her to give back the toy. The Egyptians used natron to desiccate the body for mummification. It took 40 days. Her departure (leaving) was abrupt that she never had a chance to say goodbye. Julie was upset by the voluminous amount of homework she had to do over the winter break.

2 Comprehension Questions Direction: Answer questions in complete sentences. Write page number where you found the answer. Chapter 7 Questions Answer 1. Why did Ranofer agreed to meet with Heqet every afternoon? Chapter 8 2. Why did the Ancient tell Ranofer to accept his fate as a stonecutter? 3. Why did Ranofer want to meet with Zau, the Master Goldsmith?

3 Imagery Directions: Read the sentence and identify which sense(s) (sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch/feel) the writer is using to describe the scene and explain what does it mean. Use context clues to help understand each passage. 4. The whole street rang with the harsh clamor that issued from it, the clatter of chisel stone, hammer on chisel, granite shrieking against rough granite. It was different music of the little gold hammers as anything could be. (pg. 88) 5. Ranofer sat straight up, the goose flesh rising on his arms and little trickles run down his spine. (pg. 101)

4 6. The parched and wounded earth was rosy with the sun s dying, and the Nile, shrunk to a red brown trickle in its season of death (pg.124) Figurative Language Directions: Read the sentence. Identify if the sentence is a simile, metaphor, hyperbole, or personification. Explain why it is that type of figurative language. Explain what does the figure language means. 7. Tell me about the stonework. Come, don t pull into your shell like a tortoise. (pg. 107) 8. his mind in a prison of monotony(sameness), learned above all to hate the stonecutter s trade with a passion (pg. 97)

5 Sentence Structures Direction: Read the sentence, identify if the sentence is a simple or compound sentence, and justify your answer. 9. He could not stand here forever while the night came on, yet he could scarcely conceive of going Justify: home to face Gebu empty- handed. (pg.134) 10. The hinge of the door at the top of the stairs creaked loudly, the door banged back against the wall, and Gebu came violently down the stairs. (pg. 134) 11. The old man nodded and started towards one of the far stalls, carrying the collar. Justify: Justify: (pg. 132)

6 Create Your Own Create a simple sentence with one subject and one predicate. Create a simple sentence with more than one subject and more than one predicate. Create a compound sentence Create a compound sentence Revise and Edit Direction: Read and edit the paragraph by using your editing marks. king tut s tomb On November 4, 1922 english archaeologist Howard Carter made one of the most important discoverys of modern times. While on an expedition to Egypt, Carter discovered the tomb of king Tutankhamen. King Tut had became Egypts ruler when he was 9 years old he died just a few years later. Discovered 3,000 years after Tuts's death, the tomb contained many priceless treasures that are now display in a Museum in the city of Cairo.

7 Answer Key On November 4, 1922, English archaeologist Howard Carter made one of the most important discoveries of modern times. While on an expedition to Egypt, Carter discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamen. King Tut became (or had become) Egypt's ruler when he was 9 years old. He died just a few years later. Discovered 3,000 years after Tut's death, the tomb contained many priceless treasures that are now displayed (or on display) in a museum in the city of Cairo.