Novel Study:
Reading
Tuck Everlasting Vocabulary Development
Prologue & Chapter 1
Write a synonym(s) for the underlined word in context
used by author:
1. balmy spring, and
those that follow a drop to the chill of autumn
2. sunsets smeared with too much color
3. August is motionless, and hot
4. there is lightning, but it quivers all alone
5. suggesting tranquil bovine picnics: slow chewing and
thoughtful contemplation of the infinite
6.
uncomfortably
hot, the dust oppressive
7.
not wise enough
to know that they possessed
8. in spite of the pebbles piled there to conceal it
9. a disaster so immense that this weary old
earth
A
key quote from chapter 1 is “Nothing ever
seems interesting when it belongs to you—only when it doesn't.” Do you agree with this idea, why or why not
and can you make any connections to it?
