The color of water: Chapter 19-20 -ESL 106 homework answer

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ESL 106

The Color of Water Chapter 19-20

April 16, 2013

I. Reading Circle: Literary Luminary

1. Why Ruth try to stay in Harlem?

2. After moving in New York, how her personality has changed compare to her childhood?

3. Do you think Rocky’s behavior to help Ruth justify?

4. If you were James, how would you face with problems in Delaware?

5. Do you think that Ruth and James have a similar personality to solve the problem that they face?

 

II. Vocabulary

Ch. 19 and 20

1. Dennis used to sit around with stacks of sheet music when I first met him,

● 194

● music printed on sheets of paper that are not bound together

● noun; no other forms

● music paper, songbook, written music, tablature

2. … and he scuffled around …

● 194

● to fight briefly and usually not very seriously

● verb; scuffle (n.)

● battle, spat, quarrel

3. … and slept in flophouses.

● 194

● a very inexpensive hotel for poor people who do not have anywhere else to live

● noun; no other forms

● doss house

4. Dennis hemmed and hawed on it …

● 196

● to stop often and change what you are saying during speech because you are not sure of what to say or are

trying to avoid saying something

● verb; no other forms

● hesitate, falter; avoid giving direct answer

5. …, with development sprawling into its surrounding areas …

● 206

● to sit or lie down with your legs and arms spread out in a careless way

● gerund; sprawl (adj.), sprawler (n.)

● slouch, flop, lounge

6. … my schoolmates had that lasted till four A.M. didn’t change the world one iota.

● 204

● a very small amount – usually used in negative statements

● noun; no other forms

● part, particle, molecule

7. I knocked on the door and an elderly, bespectacled black man answered.

● 206

● wearing glasses

● adjective; no other forms

● glasses-weared

8. Even in recounting what little she had told me of her life, …

● 207

● to tell someone about (something that happened): to describe or give an account of (an event)

● adjective; no other forms

● depict, describe, detail, give an account of