5D+Tuck+Chapter+6

=__Sentences to help with understanding:__=
 * 1.** **…and the next thing she knew, she was __seized__ and swung through the air…** //She was suddenly grabbed by someone.//
 * 2.** **…Miles and Jesse trotting along on either side, while Mae ran puffing ahead, dragging on the __bridle__.**


 * 3.** **She had always pictured a __troupe of burly men__ with long black moustaches who would tumble her into a blanket and bear her off like a sack of potatoes…** //A troupe is a group of performers. Burly men are large and sturdy.//
 * 6.** **Discovering him, seeing his surprise, and presented at once with choices, Winnie’s mind __perversely__ went blank.** //Babbitt is expressing the fact that Winnie's mind went blank at a time when it was very important for her to think clearly.//
 * 7.** **Instead of crying out for help, she merely __goggled__ at him as they fled past the spot where he stood.**
 * 8.** **Miles and Jesse grabbed at the horse’s harness and he pulled up __abruptly__, nearly toppling Winnie off over his neck.** //The horse stopped suddenly and unexpectedly.//
 * 9.** **“Please don’t cry child!” she __implored__.** //She's begging her urgently.//
 * 10.** **The melody __faltered__. Another few widely spaced notes plinked, and then it stopped.** //The music started to slow down and become a little out of tune.//
 * 11.** **…the music began to play again, __brisk__ from its fresh winding, and merry.** //The music was quick and upbeat.//
 * 12.** **Winnie examined the painted roses and lilies of the valley, and smiled __in spite of herself__.** //Despite the fact that Winnie was in a bit of a predicament, she couldn't help but smile when she saw the flowers.//

=__Vocabulary:__ plead, ought, fidget, dismay, distractedly=

=__Question # 1:__ Why do you think Winnie did not do something when they came across the stranger along the road? Would you have done something? Why or why not? Please explain in a complete paragraph.= =**__Question #2:__** What type of figurative language does Babbitt use in this quote?**:**=

//"...though her heart was pounding and __**her backbone felt like a pipe full of cold running water**__, her head was fiercely calm."//
=Was there really cold water running down her backbone? What is Babbitt trying to say here? Where else in the story so far has the author used this type of figurative language? (Can you find two?) Copy the quote (include the page in parenthesis) and tell us what you think the author is trying to describe.=

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