An autobiography is the story of a person’s life written or told by that person. A biography is the story of a person’s life written or told by another person. A fable is a story that teaches a moral or a lesson. It often has animal characters. Fantasy novels are often set in worlds much different from our own and usually include magic, sorcery and mythical creature. A folktale is a story that has been passed down, usually orally, within a culture....

Action Verbs An action verb expresses action. It tells what a person or a thing does. To find out whether a word is an action verb, ask yourself whether that word expresses something you can do. Can you muskrat? No! Can you marsh? No. But can you swim? Yes—swim is an action verb. Linking Verbs A linking verb links the subject of the sentence with information about it. Sometimes linking verbs are called “state-of-being verbs....

Arlington National Cemetery occupies 612 acres in Virginia on the Potomac River, directly opposite Washington. In 1864, Arlington became a military cemetery. More than 240,000 service members and their dependents are buried there. In 1921, an Unknown American Soldier of World War I was buried in the cemetery. The monument at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was opened to the public in 1932. Two additional Unknowns, one from World War II and one from the Korean War, were buried there on May 30, 1958....

Education Credits You may be able to take credit for tuition and related expenses paid for yourself, your spouse, or dependents to enroll at or attend an eligible educational institution.

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Adverbs can answer questions like these: “How?” (quickly and well) “When?” (tomorrow) “Where?” (home) “To what extent?” (very funny) Interrogative Adverbs An interrogative adverb asks a question. The interrogative adverbs are how, when, where, and why. Conjunctive Adverbs A conjunctive adverb joins two ideas. It can give emphasis to one of the ideas, or answer the question “How are they related?” Some common conjunctive adverbs are besides, however, indeed, moreover, nevertheless, otherwise, and therefore....

The high priest in charge of the calendar, the pontifex maximus, had become so corrupt that he sometimes lengthened the year to keep certain officials in office or abbreviated it to shorten an enemy’s tenure. Effective January 1, 45 B.C. The new calendar went into effect on the first day of January 709 A.U.C. (ab urbe condita—“from the founding of the city [Rome]")—January 1, 45 B.C.—and put an end to the arbitrary and inaccurate nature of the early Roman system....

Arabel’s Raven by Joan Aiken Always hungry and often cranky, Arabel’s pet raven Mortimer is even more trouble out in the city than he is at home.Babe the Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith Yes, it’s that Babe—star of the hit movie—as he first appeared, in this wacky British novel.The Bat Poet by Randall Jarrell A small bat stays awake all day, discovering things his nocturnal friends could never imagine.Capyboppy by Bill Peet In this true story for people of all ages, a giant South American rodent called a capybara takes over a family’s home—and swimming pool....

A clone is a copy of another living thing. Instead of having two sets of genes, from a mother and father, a clone has genes from just one parent. Genes are the instructions inside cells that determine the traits of a living thing. All non-cloned, naturally created mammals, including humans, have genes from two parents. Scientists hope that animal cloning will someday save lives. Cloned pigs could provide organs to transplant into humans....

Earth, Neptune, and Uranus are all blue because of gases in their atmosphere. These are the hottest stars, with a surface temperature of more than 37,000°F. The Seven Sisters, also known as the Pleiades star cluster, are located more than 400 light-years away in the Taurus constellation. Clouds of dust sweep around the stars, swaddling them in a cushiony veil. One of the parent stars, Atlas, can be seen at the bottom, while six of the sisters are visible at top....

Anthologies of ancient Chinese classics, along with Confucius’s own Analects (Lun Yu), became the basis of Confucianism. These Analects were transmitted as a collection of his sayings as recorded by his students, with whom he discussed ethical and social problems. In his teachings, Confucius emphasized the importance of an old Chinese concept (li), which means proper conduct. Confucius believed in heaven (t’ien) and encouraged ancestor worship as an expression of filial piety, which he considered the loftiest of virtues....

In Puerto Rico, Emancipation Day is celebrated with festivities that include dancing to plena and bomba music, singing, and eating Caribbean cuisine. More from State Holidays