LITERARY TERMS
A literary memorial that honors a deceased person, or the inscription on a tomb
an epitaph
One limbless specimen of this desert plant was measured at 78 feet in height
a cactus
Falling things in nursery rhymes include a cradle, Humpty Dumpty & this bridge
London Bridge
One legend says this cat was late arriving on Noah's Ark & lost its tail as the door closed
the Manx cat
Thaddeus Stevens, who led the fight for this pres.'s impeachment, was so frail he had to be carried to the trial
Andrew Johnson
This term can refer to short poems that have a songlike style, or the words to a song
lyric
Pollen from this hairy-stemmed annual is the most frequent cause of autumn hay fever in the U.S.
ragweed
Partly from the French for "to descend", it's a falling mass of snow or rock
an avalanche
The American Curl got its name because these body parts curl back
the ears
In 1838 this man who later bought Alaska was elected governor of New York
William A. Seward
Alexander Pope called it "My Weapon"; George S. Kaufman said it's what closes on Saturday night
satire
The sphagnum type of this is often used to pack plants & keep them moist for shipping
peat moss
It's the interjection used to warn someone that a tree is falling
Timber
The spotted ocicat is named for its resemblance to this wild cat
the ocelot
In 1856 the first bridge for these vehicles over the Mississippi opened between Rock Island, IL & Davenport, IA
trains
This term for epics written in medieval Iceland often refers to modern adventure stories, too
a saga
This pigment in carrots also turns birch tree leaves yellow in autumn
carotene
Longfellow wrote, "Into each life" some of this "must fall"
rain
Like this cat from which it was bred, the Balinese may be a seal, blue, chocolate or lilac point
Siamese
In the 1870s this party divided into 2 factions, the Half-Breeds & the Stalwarts
Republicans
A Petrarchan sonnet consists of an octave followed by a stanza with this many lines
6
His 2 basic hereditary laws are the law of segregation & the law of independent assortment
Gregor Mendel
In 1979 President Carter apologized to Australia for the pieces of this that fell on it from space
Skylab
Though named for Ancient Ethiopia, it may have been the sacred cat of Ancient Egypt
the Abyssinian
Fur trapper & scout Jim Bridger discovered this body of water in late 1824
the Great Salt Lake