Collection 4: Poems About Being an American

As you compare Pat Mora's "A Voice" and Langston Hughes' "Words Like Freedom," learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 6's Collection 4: My Wonder Horse, texts about wild animals, Eleven, poems about being an American
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  1. unrelenting
    never-ceasing
  2. formal
    adhering to traditional standards of correctness
  3. effort
    use of physical or mental energy; hard work
  4. forbidden
    excluded from use or mention
  5. patriotism
    love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
  6. spunky
    showing courage
  7. auditorium
    the area of a theater or hall where the audience sits
  8. pinprick
    small puncture (as if made by a pin)
  9. hoarse
    deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness
  10. whisper
    speak softly, in a low voice
  11. generation
    group of genetically related organisms in a line of descent
  12. freedom
    the power to act, speak, or think without being controlled
  13. wonderful
    extraordinarily good or great
  14. heartstrings
    your deepest feelings of love and compassion
  15. liberty
    personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression
Created on Sun Jul 13 17:54:37 EDT 2014 (updated Thu Jul 24 11:38:39 EDT 2014)

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