Vocabulary Words for Chapter 4 of Stone Fox
ricocheting             authority
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Page 30 - "Get over here!" The voice cut through the air like the twang of a ricocheting bullet.

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Circle the 6 words that mean the same as ricocheting.

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Is ricocheted used correctly in the sentences below? True or False

______________ The rubber ball ricocheted off the cement sidewalk.

______________ The stone sank directly to the bottom of the pond like a ricocheting bullet

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Page 32   -  "Name's Clifford Snyder. State of Wyoming," the man said with authority.

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Circle the 6 words that mean the same as authority .

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Is authority used correctly in the sentences below? True or False

______________ The workers used their authority to do everything they were told to do.

______________ The law officer had the authority to write the driver a speeding ticket.

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Use the following words to fill in the blank spaces:

city slicker   Clifford   derringer     mustache   official   ricocheting     tobacco-stained

_______________ came to Grandfather and Willy's farm on _______________ business. He had a voice like

a _______________ bullet. He held a _______________ in his hand. He was dress like a _______________.

His droopy _______________ covered his  face. When he spoke he had _______________ teeth.