Elijah

/əˈlaɪʒə/
/ɛˈlaɪʒə/
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Definitions of Elijah
  1. noun
    a Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament who opposed the worship of idols; he was persecuted for rebuking Ahab and Jezebel (king and queen of Israel); he was taken up to heaven in a chariot of fire (circa 9th century BC)
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    prophet
    someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God
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/əˈlaɪʒə/
UK
/ɛˈlaɪʒə/
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"The New England Primer"

A Puritan child learned how to read by chanting alphabet rhymes based on the Bible. Here are 24 words selected from the primer that did not include the letters "I" and "U." Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 11 Unit 2's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: The Crucible, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, The New England Primer, The Trial of Martha Carrier, The Lessons of Salem, The Very Proper Gander, Declaration of Conscience, Why I Wrote The Crucible, Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, Speech to the Virginia Convention, The Gettysburg Address, FDR's First Inaugural Address , JFK's Inaugural Address

"The Universe as Primal Scream," Vocabulary from the poem

Overhearing the savage screams of children in a neighboring apartment, the narrator in Tracy Smith's poem explores the cataclysm invoked by the sound. Make sure to check out these lists for texts in Grade 11's Collection 6: Winter Dreams, poems of the Harlem Renaissance, poems by Robert Frost, The Crucible, Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, The Coming Merging of Mind and Machine, Reality Check, The Ends of the World as We Know Them, The Universe as Primal Scream

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