1.
2. Vocabulary:
1. Vacuous:
Lacking intelligence; stupid.
2. Vehement:
Forceful or intense in expression, emotion, or conviction; fervid.
3. Vortex:
A spiral motion of fluid, especially a whirling mass of water or air
that sucks everything near it towards its center.
4. Winnow:
To separate the chaff from the grain by means of a current of air. To examine closely in order
to separate the good from the bad; sift.
5. Wrought:
Put together; created. Shaped by hammering with tools.
6. Xenophobe:
A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign,
especially of strangers or foreign peoples.
7. Yeoman:
An attendant, servant, or lesser official in a royal or noble household.
8. Ziggurat:
A temple tower of the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians, having the form
of a terraced pyramid with successively receding stories.
9. Axiom:
A statement universally accepted as true; a statement that needs no
proof because its truth is obvious.
10. Insouciant:
Calm and unbothered; carefree; indifferent.
3.
Poetry: Select a poem from our anthology (in sections one and two)—copy it,
illuminate it, memorize it to recite to the class, and write a one page
response to the poet (due Thursday, November 29).