Read any news story that came out this past week. you can read a hard copy newspaper or read a story online from a reputable news source. find something that is interesting to you! look for three words that you do not know the meaning of, and make a list of those words. then, look up those meanings in the dictionary. copy down the part of speech and all the definitions provided. then, using a thesaurus, find two synonyms and two antonyms for each of those words. in the space below, copy all of your work.

Read this excerpt from "the all-american slurp." i pulled the strings out of my stalk. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. my brother followed suit. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. to my left, my parents were taking care of their own stalks. z-z-zip, z-z-zip, z-z-zip. suddenly i realized that there was dead silence except for our zipping. looking up, i saw that the eyes of everyone in the room were on our family. mr. and mrs. gleason, their daughter meg, who was my friend, and their neighbors the badels—they were all staring at us as we busily pulled the strings of our celery. what story element does the author develop in this excerpt? a) lot details about the party b) characterization of the lins c) characterization of the gleasons d) setting details about the gleasons’ house