Vocabulary
A period of staying awake at night to keep watch or pray
Vigil
Thanatopsis was written by ______.
William Cullen Bryant
The last bitter hour is an example of _____.
euphemism
What is a thesis?
A statement or theory to be maintained or proved.
baleen
To push past; To elbow or bump against someone roughly
jostle
Thanatopsis means ________.
a view of death
Bryant speaks of the narrow house when he really means coffin. This is an example of ______.
metaphor
What part of speech is the word "who?"
relative or interrogative pronoun.
Green crabs and moon snails primarily prey on this shellfish.
soft-shell clam or steamer
(n.) A passage or quotation taken from a book; (v.) To select or use material from a book in order to cite or copy
excerpt
This philosophy teaches that one can experience divinity or grace through nature.
simile
Deciding whether to go through the rapids or portage the canoe around them.
Fragment or Sentence
fragment
A whistle pig is another name for a _______.
groundhog
(n.) A situation that creates a sudden increase in wealth or good fortune
bonanza
According to "Thanatopsis," what happens when one dies?
He joins all of humanity and is returned to nature.
"Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound, save his own dashings" is an example of ______.
personification or hyperbaton
To _________ did you give the money?
whom
This carnivorous plant is common in boggy areas.
pitcher plant
(n.) An angry or noisy dispute, an altercation; (v.) To argue or dispute in a noisy or angry manner
wrangle
According to "Thanatopsis," how should one approach death?
Like one who lays down for a pleasant sleep.
"Nor in the embrace of ocean, shall exist thy image" is an example of ______.
hyperbaton
(Fewer/less) glass eels were harvested this year.
Fewer
The Indian pipe does not contain chlorophyll. This means that the plant _____________.
does not depend on photosynthesis