1. descriptions of the "status" of a word, usually in abbreviated form (archaic, obsolete, regional, nonstandard, slang) 4 etymology 2. the accepted meaning of a word 7 entry word 3. the function of the word in a sentence 1 usage 4. the "history" of a word, beginning with the earliest language to which it can be traced 2 definition 5. the word as it appears in other forms, correctly spelled 9 respelling 6. a date marking the first known appearance of the word in a written text 3 part of speech 7. the word itself as it should be spelled 6 earliest recorded use 8. words meaning the same or nearly the same thing as the entry word 5 alternate forms 9. the word as it should be pronounced 8 synonyms

If you were starving, what would you do for food? "condensed milk" tells the story of a political prisoner in a russian gulag (a forced-labor camp) who is faced with a choice: stay in the gulag—working and starving—or escape from the prison and risk dying. what choice would you make? historical context: from 1929 to 1953, joseph stalin was the dictator of the soviet union. his goal was to transform the soviet union from a poor society into a world superpower. he used terror and violence to rule, and under his reign, millions of his own people died in work camps, from starvation due to famine, or by execution. select a detail to support the idea that russian gulags treated prisoners cruelly. prisoners faced choices. prisoners had to work. prisoners tried to escape. prisoners were starving.

Can you describe the word chalk without saying the words chalk or chalky? (type your own definition of the word.)

Review the allusion which best interprets the meaning of the allusion 1 the man is thick and jolly 2 the man is crabby and unfriendly 3 this man works as a santa claus impersonator 4 the man is generous to others