Concept Vocabulary
To work and prepare the land for growing plants.
What is, cultivate.
Bows to my feline and her good
dog friends who rule this land, I hoe
and cultivate, find my dead aim
in the trust that many tales spun.
Is what kind of stanza?
What is, quatrain.
The denotation of scent.
What is, a distinctive smell.
A words emotional associations.
What is Connotation.
The dogs do not understand wild nature. I was also Domesticated. 1.Who is domesticated? 2.What is the Major theme in Predators? 3.What theme do Predators and A Blessing share?
What is, the dogs and the gardner.
What is, the natural world vs. the civilized world.
What is, the human animal connection.
Not tamed or domesticated.
What is, wild.
What animal is most likely to be wild?
a)A feline
b)A sunflower
c)An old coyote
Feed on a much smaller body
not the cats ... But it could be
Is what kind of stanza?
What is, couplet.
The denotation of bevy?
What is, a large group of people or things of a particular kind.
A negative connotation of scent.
What is, stench.
Oh give me strength to watch their sorry looks as a bevy of vixen feed on a much smaller body not the cats... but it could be.
1.Who's sorry looks?
2.What is happening at the end of Predators?
What is, the dogs sorry looks, and eating a small mammal.
Tamed not wild.
What is, domesticated.
eight lines.
What is, octave.
What is, denotation.
A positive connotation of house.
Who does the speaker compare herself to in the first line of predators?
What is, a wild animal.
A large group of people or things of a particular kind.
and
An area of indefinite extent, typically a large one.
What is, bevy.
What is, tract.
Make an observation about the stanzas in Predators...
What is, break in the middle of ideas, and are different lengths.
The denotation of cultivate.
What is, to work and prepare the land for growing plants.
A negative connotation for inexpensive.
What is, cheap.
feed on a much smaller body not the cats... but it could be.
What is true about the structure of the last stanza?
What is, the last stanza is a couplet. It is shorter then the other stanzas.
What is the meaning of the Latin root Dom?
What is, house or home, but also lord or master.
Do the lines in Predators end a complete thought?
What is, no. Some lines end one sentence and start another. The only two lines that are a complete thought are, "The dogs do not understand wild nature. I also was domesticated."
The denotation of domesticated.
What is, tamed not wild.
A negative connotation for smile.
What is, Smirk.
I hoe and cultivate, find my dead aim in the trust that many tales spun this tract long before I came.
1.What does the speaker mean by this line in Predators?
What is, the speaker appreciates the history of her land.