Thursday afternoon

Vocabulary: Quiz on the following next week:

Greek:
1. hyper: above, beyond
2. ana: up, back again
3. kata: down, against
4. akros: topmost, highest
5. elektron: amber

Latin:
1. pendo, pensum: hang down, judge
2. ago, actum: do, act, perform
3. duco, ductum: draw, attract, lead
4. plus, pluris: more, many
5. gradus: step, degree


Literature:
Research the following about Washington Irving:

1. How was Irving educated?
2. Give some background of Irving's family.
3. Why was Irving considered among the Romantics?
4. How did Irving describe his homeland to the world?
5. What do scholars believe Irving was saying in his story of Rip Van Winkle?
6. When did Irving become a successful writer?
7. What other writers admired Irving?
8. Did Washington Irving ever meet his namesake?
9. Where did Irving live in New York? ( name of the farm)
10. Why did Irving describe the natives of New York as superstitious?