Poetry & Literature
Types of poems?
Narrative, epic, lyrical
Antics
- playful or funny acts
Inscribe
- to write or carve
What was the first English settlement in North America?
Jamestown
Cellular respiration
- when cells break down oxygen for energy
What is free verse?
Poetry that doesn’t have a set rhyme, meter, or structure
plummet
- to go down rapidly
Shroud
- a covering
When was Jamestown settled?
1607
Chlorophyll
- gives plants their green color
Stanza
- group of lines in a poem
Deft
- sure and skillful
Stifle
- to cut off
Who first took charge of Jamestown?
John Smith
Photosynthesis
- turning sunlight into energy
Implicit
- suggested, under the surface
Evolve
- to develop and change over time
Tentative
- not fully worked out or final
When was slavery legalized in Virginia?
1660s
Glucose
- sugar
Explicit
- clear, obvious, on the surface
Innate
- inborn
Tranquil
- peaceful and calm
What was one of the first acts of rebellion by colonists over land, taxes, and colonists’ demands?
Bacon’s Rebellion, named after Nathanial Bacon
Mitochondria
- produces the cell’s energy