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fantastic (fan-tas-tik)
conceived or appearing as if conceived
by an unrestrained imagination; odd and remarkable; bizarre; grotesque: fantastic rock
formations; fantastic designs. (2) fanciful or capricious, as persons or their ideas
or actions: We never know what hat fantastic creature will say next. (3) imaginary
or groundless in not being based on reality, foolish or irrational: fantastic fears.
(4) extravagantly fanciful; marvelous. 16) incredibly great
or extreme;
exorbitant: to spend fantastic sums of money. (6 highly unrealistic or impractical;
outlandish: a fantastic scheme to make a million dollars betting on horse races. [Origin:
1350-1400; ME fantastik pertaining to the imaginative faculty < ML fantasticus, var. of
LL phantasticus < Gk phantastikos able to present or show (to the mind)]
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12. involves getting to know and recording information about the characters in story such a physical characteristics action and ways in which they relate others characters and to the plot o a. close reading o b. character mapping o c. note-taking p

Derek's mother had a busy day ahead of her. she asked derek to by going to the store and buying groceries. "we need bread, milk, cheese and other things," she said. "don't forget to take the list. i know how forgetful you are." derek agreed to do the shopping, but after his mother left, he quickly forgot about his promise. several hours later, he remembered. he ran out the door and headed to the store. he forgot to take the shopping list. when he returned home, derek unloaded the groceries. he had carefully packed the dairy products and vegetables in one bag. the bread and canned goods were packed in the other. he reached into the first bag and took out beans, broccoli, butter and cheese. he put them neatly into the refrigerator. then he put away the bread and soup. when his mother came home, she opened the refrigerator and frowned. 1 select the correct answer. read the passage. then choose the best prediction of what will happen next. a. derek's mother tells him that he forgot to buy milk. b. derek's mother tells him he bought the wrong kind of milk. c. derek's mother tells him that she bought the milk.

Read the excerpt from "save the redwoods."another, one of the finest in the grove, more than three hundred feet high, was skinned alive to a height of one hundred and sixteen feet from the ground and the bark sent to london to show how fine and big that calaveras tree was—as sensible a scheme as skinning our great men would be to prove their greatness.which  best  describes how the excerpt appeals to readers’ emotions? the excerpt provides facts about the tree, which impresses readers’ scientific minds.the excerpt describes how the tree traveled to london, which excites the readers’ sense of adventure.the excerpt compares the tree to a person, which makes readers feel sympathetic toward the tree.the excerpt explains how to skin a tree, which makes readers feel awed at the height of the tree.