Word Choice Quick Check
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Question
Use the excerpt from “Paul Revere’s Ride” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to answer the question.
Then he climbed the tower of the Old North Church,
By the wooden stairs, with stealthy tread,
To the belfry-chamber overhead,
And startled the pigeons from their perch
Which word has a meaning similar to startled but with a more negative connotation?
(1 point)
Responses
terrified
terrified
surprised
surprised
shook
shook
calmed
calmed