Ancient Literature

Vocabulary: Quiz on these ten words next week.

1. acumen: shrewdness shown by keen insight
2. bellicose: showing a disposition ready to fight
3. chicanery: the use of tricks to deceive someone
4. circumnavigate: travel the globe (world)
5. deciduous: shedding foliage at the end of the growing season
6. equinox: when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator
7. filibuster: tactic for delaying legislation by making long speeches
8. hubris: overbearing pride
9. impeach: bring an accusation against
10. lexicon: reference book containing an alphabetical list of words

Assignment: Write a 700-800 word essay about The Cat of Bubastes on one of the following prompts:
1. Discus Henty's ability to weave Egyptian culture into the story of his characters. Give at least three examples of this from the text. Be sure to support what you say using historical evidence.
2.Is Henty a storyteller or a master at characterization? Give three specific examples to defend your thesis.