The first installment of the Vocabulary Words of the Week! For our first week, we're going to take some vocabulary words from America's National Anthem - The Star Spangled Banner, written by Francis Scott Key!
Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thru the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
Dawn (noun) - the first appearance of daylight in the morning.
Twilight (noun) - the soft, diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, either from daybreak to sunrise or, more commonly, from sunset to nightfall.
Gleaming (verb) - to appear suddenly and clearly like a flash of light
Perilous (adjective) - involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous.
Ramparts (noun) - a broad elevation or mound of earth raised as a fortification around a place (also known as a fort).
Gallantly (adjective) - brave, spirited, noble-minded, stately, grant
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Very creative and cute ideas! I like the daily idioms and the audio.
ReplyDeleteBe sure to add an exercise and a grammar point.