Use a dictionary to define these words,
affront
altercation
ardor
homeric
lucid
lurid
martial
oblique
prowess
purl
score (noun)
wrangle
wreathe (verb)

Read the excerpt from heart of a samurai. the water was so clear, he could see straight to the bottom. a snail was making a path like a shiny ribbon slowly unfurling on the sand. what does the author use the most precise words to describe in the excerpt? the water’s movement the water the snail the snail’s path

What is the meaning of the word checking as it is used in this sentence from the second paragraph of the passage?

How does storytelling imagine the future?