Flight of Icarus Vocabulary

Myth

• a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.

• average in amount, intensity, quality, or degree.

• skill or expertise in a particular activity or field.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Moderate

• skill or expertise in a particular activity or field.

• average in amount, intensity, quality, or degree.

• wild or distraught with fear, anxiety, or other emotion.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Prowess

• average in amount, intensity, quality, or degree.

• wild or distraught with fear, anxiety, or other emotion.

• skill or expertise in a particular activity or field.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Frantic

• skill or expertise in a particular activity or field.

• wild or distraught with fear, anxiety, or other emotion.

• a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Anxiety

• skill or expertise in a particular activity or field.

• the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.

• a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Theme

• the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.

• skill or expertise in a particular activity or field.

• average in amount, intensity, quality, or degree.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2