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1 Aug 2022

The Writing of Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman

WORD LIST 

ampler                      teeming                   vast                  breadth                prolific                      multitudes

A. DIRECTIONS: In each of the following items, think about the meaning of the italicized word or phrase, and then answer the question.

1. Would someone be likely to describe Whitman's cramped, tenement apartment in New York City as vast? Explain.

 

2. Which would be ampler: many acres of farmland or a studio apartment in the city? Explain.

 

3. Which person would you expect to have more breadth of experience, a seventeen year-old student or a fireman who has had 25 years on the job? Explain.

 

4. During the 1800 s, would you expect to find multitudes of buffalo in an area where many were hunted and killed? Explain.

 

5. Jane has written fourteen articles for the newspaper in the past year. Would you say that she has been prolific in her output? Explain.

 

6. The fishing boat discovered a shoal that was teeming with cod. Would the boat be likely to make good money when it returned to shore after fishing? Explain.

 

B. WORD STUDY: A combining form is a word part that exists only with an independent word, another combining form, or a prefix or suffix. The Latin combining form multi- means "many" or "much." Think of three more words that use multi- as a combining form. Define each word. Use a dictionary if necessary.

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