Wednesday, February 9, 2011

American Literature 2/9

Vocabulary:
1. exonerate: to relieve from blame
2. educe- to draw out
3. edict: to proclaim by authority a rule or action
4. eugenic-relating to the development of a race
5. effuse: to pour forth
6. engender: to produce
7. elusion: evasion
8. emigrate: to go from living in one country to another for the purpose of settlement
9. emit: to send or give out
10. emulate: to imitate with the intent to equal or surpass

Choose one of the following:

Write a work of fiction as if you were on the Trail of Tears. It should be at least 800 words and be historically accurate and written in the first person.

Write an essay explaining the results and effects of Jeff Bussey's espionage to the Confederate Army. It must be 800 words. Please use the book Rifles for Watie as your source.

Read the Introduction of Up from Slavery.

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