Look how this enthusiastic boy uses the word of the issue, figure.
Illustrations by Lance Lekander
Featured Skill:
Vocabulary and Grammar,
Common Core Standards
Figure can mean:
- a person with a specific quality; often a well-known person,
- a number or a sum of money, or
- (with out) to find a way to do something.
- My favorite author is coming to my school! He’s an impressive figure.
- He’s such a good writer. He deserves to earn a large figure.
- I’ll have to figure out how to get his autograph.
Meet Lexie! She time traveled from the ancient world and landed in Storyworks. Lexie loves words—especially ones with Greek and Latin roots. Today, she’s using words with the Latin root rupt. That means break or burst. Can you figure out the meaning of the orange words below?
Lexie: Don’t blow up that party balloon anymore, Theo. It might rupture!
Lexie: Bruno doesn’t like abrupt noises. They scare him!
Lexie: But I don’t want to disrupt our party preparations. Let’s decorate the cake instead!
This article was originally published in the March/April 2023 issue.
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