Page 47 - Yellow Feather Book 2

Index. Unit 5
• Reading Comprehension.
The Story of Cupid and Psyche
English translation of the marriage of Cupid and Psyche from the Latin Metamorphoses,
by Apuleius ...................................................................................................... 47
• Vocabulary
1.breathtakingly (adv)
11. despicable (adj)
21. moreover (adj)
31. poppies (n)
2. vie (v)
12. forlorn (adj)
22. influence (v)
32. appeal (n)
3. worship (n)
13. wretch (adj)
23. flourishing (v)
33. enraged (adj)
4. Venus (n)
14. Oracle of Delphi (n)
24. magnificence (adj)
34. compel (v)
5. hewing (adj)
15. Apollo (n)
25. prophesied (v)
35. abhorrent (adj)
6. beckoned (v)
16. Styx (n)
26. disgust (v)
36. abrupt (adj)
7. inflicting (v)
17. ordeal (n)
27. puzzling (v)
37. Charon (n)
8. distress (n)
18. Zephyr (n)
28. uttering (v)
38. livid (adj)
9. overshadow (v)
19. imposing (adj)
29. endure (v)
39. portentously (adv)
10. vilest (adj)
20. inlaid (adj)
30. overcome (v)
40. ambrosia (n)
• Language Clauses
a) Independent Clause.......................................................................................... 65 b) Subordinate Clause........................................................................................... 65 c) Adjective Clause................................................................................................ 66 d) Relative Pronouns............................................................................................. 67 e) Adverb Clause................................................................................................... 67 f) Noun Clause ...................................................................................................... 68
• Extension to History
Ancient Olympic Games ........................................................................................71
• Writing Workshop
Persuasive Writing..................................................................................................75
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