Vocabulary: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

A historical account, biography, or auto biography written from a personal knowledge and one's memory of certain events; based on author's personal memories about important part of their life.

• The Brazos

• Humble

• Memoir

• Excerpt

Tags

CCSS.W.8.3B

A drink made from honey and water.

• Aura

• Mead

• Epic

• Voile

In exactly the same words as were originally used.

• Epic

• Aura

• Verbatim

• Recite

A long poem derived from ancient oral tradition narrating the actions and adventures of heroic figures.

• Beowulf

• Epic

• Aura

• Aristocrat

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.9

Not proud; not thinking of yourself as better than other people despite achievements.

• Humble

• Aristocrat

• Intolerant

• Illteracy

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.RL.8.4

Area in central Texas near the Brazos River.

• Troubadours

• The Brazos

• Aristocrat

• Fiscal

Atmosphere or quality; a distinctive character about one. The "air" about one.

• Aristocrat

• Recite

• Aura

• Couched

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Traveling singers.

• The Brazos

• Troubadours

• Aristocrat

• Aura

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

Light cotton fabric.

• Recite

• Juice Harp

• Voile

• Couched

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.4

Person belonging to the upper class.

• Troubadours

• Aura

• Epic

• Aristocrat

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4