"Catching on to Catcher in the Rye"
lessons on The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
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| 1. lousy 2. touchy 3. crumby 4. very big deal 5. dough 6. It killed me. 7. flunk 8. stiff 9. madman 10. moron 11. strictly for the birds 12. hot-shot 13. kick out of it 14. crap 15. corny 16. phony 17. got the ax 18. get a bang 19. shoot the bull 20. ____ as hell 21. chucked 22. knocks me out 23. swanky 24. racket 25. made a stink 26. it stinks 27. swell 28. horse around 29. drove me crazy 30. a buzz |
A. thrown out B. money C. crazy person D. impressed with E. good, nice F. excited by something G. garbage H. got me angry I. dirty, not well-kept J. very K. got upset L. play, fool around M. important, significant N. loud noise, commotion O. sensitive P. fail Q. stupid, idiot R. excited by something S. dead body T. phone call U. not nice V. threw W. hypocrite, two-faced X. important person Y. not cool, old-fashioned Z. telling lies, small talk AA. very nice, fancy BB. affected by something CC. it's not nice, it's not good DD. of no interest |
Teacher Answer Key:
1-U, 2-O, 3-I, 4-M, 5-B, 6-D, 7-P, 8-S, 9-C, 10-Q, 11-DD, 12-X, 13-F, 14-G, 15-Y, 16-W, 17-A, 18-R, 19-Z, 20-J, 21-V, 22-BB, 23-AA, 24-N, 25-K, 26-CC, 27-E, 28-L, 29-H, 30-T
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