Wednesday morning girls

Vocabulary: Quiz on the derivatives of the following: You need to know definition and the derivatives.

Greek:

1. dokein: think, have an opinion (doxology, orthodoxy)
2. orthos: straight ( orthodontist)
3. barbaros: foreign ( barbaric)
4. ergon: work ( energy)
5. monos: alone, solitary ( monologue, monk)

Latin:

1. bellum: war, combat ( antebellum)
2. durus: hard to the touch ( durable)
3. labaro, laboratum: work ( work)
4. rideo, risum: laugh, make fun of (riddle, ridicule)
5. solus: alone, only ( solo)


Literature: Correct your Pilgrim's Progress paper.
Answer the following research questions about Washington Irving:

1. How was Irving educated?
2. Give some background on Irving's family
3. Why was Irving considered among the Romantics?
4. How did Irving describe his homeland to the world?
5. What did 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 the farm)
10. Why did Irving describe the natives of New York as superstitious?