1. I can determine the meaning of and use key vocabulary words correctly.

2.  She goes home every night and writes in her diary.

3.  a daily record or journal

4.  The player was disappointed when his team lost the game.

5.  made unhappy by seeing one’s hope come to nothing

6.  Their construction job was so large that they needed to rent a big rig.

7.  a truck or tractor

8.  The puppy was persistent on finding his bone.

9.  refusing to give up or let go; to persevere

10.  The PROSE Awards annually recognize the very best in professional and scholarly publishing by bringing attention to distinguished books.

11.  ordinary spoken or written language as opposed to verse or poetry

12.  Michael was rejected from Harvard, but got in to Ohio State University.

13.  turned down, did not accept

14.  Some might say that Sherlock Holmes was a snoop.

15.  someone who tries to found out about other people’s doings in a sneaky way

16.  The cake was splendid!

17.  excellent, wonderful

18.  J.K Rowling submitted her book to 12 different publishers before someone finally published it.

19.  offered one’s work to someone who might publish it

20.  Billy had a good understanding of addition.

21.  knowledge of something; being aware of why something is the way it is

22.  For mildew, a dark, damp closet is paradise.

23.  a kind of fungus that forms a white or grayish coating on damp walls

24.  The mimeographed school newspaper was distributed to the students only a few hours after the original was typed.

25.  duplicated using a machine that makes copies of material that is written, drawn or typed on a stencil

26.  The ball made a pinging noise as it hit the paddle.

27.  making a noise that sounds like the syllable ping

28.  It is important to watch out for tumbleweeds while driving on windy days.

29.  a weedy plant that, when it withers, breaks off from its roots and is rolled across the ground by the wind

30.  His forefinger darted in all directions as he spoke.

31.  the two fingers next to the thumbs; index fingers

32.  The wall had very intricate carvings.

33.  having a complicated pattern