The Treasure of Lemon Brown Vocab

1.  Because the door to the apartment was ajar, I could see a small bit of the messy living room.

2.  The hitchhiker beckoned me forward from across the train tracks. He wanted me to get killed by the oncoming train.

3.  The harmonica concert will commence at 1:00. The lights will flash five minutes beforehand to signal everyone to get ready in their seats.

4.  The old man’s fingers were knobby and rough. Their gnarled appearance made them look like tree limbs, like he had worked with his hands his entire life.

5.  When he saw the hitchhiker along the lonely highway, it sent a tremor of fear through him. He swerved his car in an effort to run down the gray-looking man.

Vocabulary Word / Predicted Meaning in context / key words that show meaning
Ajar
beckoned
commence
gnarled
tremor
Vocabulary Word / Actual Definition
Ajar
beckoned
commence
gnarled
tremor

The Treasure of Lemon Brown Vocab

1.  Because the door to the apartment was ajar, I could see a small bit of the messy living room.

2.  The hitchhiker beckoned me forward from across the train tracks. He wanted me to get killed by the oncoming train.

3.  The harmonica concert will commence at 1:00. The lights will flash five minutes beforehand to signal everyone to get ready in their seats.

4.  The old man’s fingers were knobby and rough. Their gnarled appearance made them look like tree limbs, like he had worked with his hands his entire life.

5.  When he saw the hitchhiker along the lonely highway, it sent a tremor of fear through him. He swerved his car in an effort to run down the gray-looking man.

Vocabulary Word / Predicted Meaning in context / key words that show meaning
ajar
beckoned
commence
gnarled
tremor
Vocabulary Word / Actual Definition
disheveled
beckoned
commence
gnarled
tremor
ajar
beckoned
commence
gnarled
tremor

The Treasure of Lemon Brown Vocabulary

Vocabulary Word / Actual Definition
Ajar / partly opened
beckoned / to signal to come
commence / to begin
gnarled / rough; as from age or work
tremor / nervous trembling

Fair Game words you already know:

clutch / acute / media / lark / Plot
crouch / stealthily / fiction / junction / Exposition
liable / vex / non-fiction / sinister / Rising Action
prodigy / narrator / drama / assurance / Climax
relay / crevice / poetry / monotony / Falling Action
sidekick / stifled / suspense / plot / Resolution
derision / character
Exposition / ·  Introduces the setting and the characters
·  Reveals the conflict or sets the stage for it.
Rising Action / ·  Introduces obstacles that make the conflict more complicated.
·  Builds suspense as “the plot thickens.”
Climax / ·  Is the turning point in the story and the moment of greatest suspense.
·  Presents the conflict at its most intense and dramatic.
Falling Action / ·  Reveals the outcome of the story’s climax.
·  Eases the tension.
·  Shows how the main character resolves the conflict.
Resolution / ·  Reveals the story’s final outcome.
·  Ties up any loose ends.