Name______________________________________________________________________ Henry David Thoreau pp. 230-231 Vocabulary : - You will need to know this for a test later! pertinent adj. to the point, applying to the situation , – encumbrance n. burden, hindrance – impervious resistant, impenetrable –adj. temporal worldly –adj. superfluous adj. unnecessary – effiete adj. sterile, un productive – incessantly adv. without stopping – derision ridicule, contempt –n. tumultuous- adj. stormy, turbulent ethereal adj. not earthly, spiritual – List three reasons why Thoreau was considered a failure a. b. c Why did he attend chapel at Harvard in a green coat? Why did Thoreau choose to live at Walden Pond? Why is Walden considered one of the most well produced book in America? Why was Thoreau jailed? How did he die?
Name______________________________________________________________________ Henry David Thoreau pp. 230-231 Vocabulary : - You will need to know this for a test later! pertinent – adj. to the point, applying to the situation , encumbrance – n. burden, hindrance impervious –adj. resistant, impenetrable temporal –adj. worldly superfluous – adj. unnecessary effiete – adj. sterile, un productive incessantly – adv. without stopping derision –n. ridicule, contempt tumultuous- adj. stormy, turbulent ethereal – adj. not earthly, spiritual List three reasons why Thoreau was considered a failure a. b. c Why did he attend chapel at Harvard in a green coat? Why did Thoreau choose to live at Walden Pond? Why is Walden considered one of the most well produced book in America? Why was Thoreau jailed? How did he die?
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