Temporal Words and Phrases List
Temporal Words and Phrases List
1. after (afterward) 19. later
2. as soon as 20. meanwhile
3. at first 21. next (week, time, year)
4. at last 22. now
5. at the same time 23. once
6. before 24. previously
7. currently 25. prior
8. during the (minute, hour, day) 26. recently
9. earlier 27. shortly
10. eventually 28. simultaneously
11. finally 29. soon
12. first, second, third 30. then
13. for a (minute, hour, day) 31. today
14. immediately 32. tomorrow
15. in the future 33. until
16. in the meantime 34. when suddenly
17. in the past 35. while
18. last 36. yesterday

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.