Lesson 11
Terms
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- Arboretum
- a facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition
- Aviary
- Place where birds are kept
- Botany
- the scientific study of plants
- Chameleon
- a highly changeable person
- Cultivate
- prepare for crops
- Habitat
- A place where an Organism lives
- Nurture
- help develop, help grow
- Talon
- a sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey
- Terrarium
- a clear container housing plants and small land animals
- Zoology
- the scientific study of animals
- Adage
- a traditional saying widely considered to be wise and true
- Alliteration
- the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
- Allusion
- indirect reference
- Anthology
- a collection of selected literary passages
- Epic
- a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
- Hyperbole
- an extreme exaggeration
- Melodramatic
- overly emotional
- Personify
- to represent an animal, object, or idea as having human qualities
- Pseudonym
- a fake name made by the author
- Serialized
- presented in parts; presented in a sequence