Vocabulary in Context
Vocabulary Practice
Choose true or false for each statement. Write the clue or clues that make you think that way.
1. If something happens inevitably, there is probably no way to avoid it.
2. A preoccupied person is one who lives in a house that was previously occupied.
3. A threshold can be found at the front of the house.
4. A person walking slowly communicates a feeling of urgency.
5. People who contemplate art tend to have little respect for culture.
6. If someone retorts, he or she is probably irritated or impatient.

Which sentence is correct? laura lent me her copy of cooking weekly so i could use a recipe. i enjoy doing crossword puzzles from the new york times. herman melville wrote the novel “moby d i ck.” maggie loves to read the smithsonian magazine.

Me which theme is developed by the changing relationship between the narrator and his daughter in this excerpt ? as she grew older, she spent more of her time with girls. so much time indeed did she spend with them that she came no more, as she used to do, to her father’s room. i was scarcely on speaking terms with her. when mini and her father stop communicating, it develops the theme that children should not speak unless spoken to. as mini becomes more independent, it develops the theme that parents must learn to let go as their children grow up. as mini spends more time with friends, it develops the theme that young people are more influenced by peers than by parents. when mini and her father see each other far less often, it develops the theme that absence makes the heart grow fonder.

In 250 words, discuss the ways in which the novel relates to the historical context in which it was published.