Why did Thoreau refuse to pay his poll tax?

Emily Dickinson often used metaphors in her poetry that acted as

“The Speech of Miss Polly Baker” is what type of writing?

What is the miraculous item(s) that John Smith shows the indigenous peoples and with which he explains the workings of the universe?

Identify the genre as described: characterized by an overindulgence in emotion, especially the conscious effort by the author to induce emotion in order for the reader to enjoy the experience of it. This genre often has an optimistic overemphasis of the goodness of humanity—or an expression for a wish for the goodness of humanity

Identify the term to know as defined: a system by which people are given positions of power or achieve otherwise desirable ends in their lives and societies by virtue of their own abilities—not as a result of who their parents are or their previous position in society.

Identify the genre as defined: a piece of prose writing (not poetry) that has the typical elements of fiction: plot, characters, setting, theme, et c. It gets its name from its length and its cohesion. Literature handbooks state it is marked by unity and is five hundred to fifteen thousand words. The typical length descriptor is that it is short enough to be read in one sitting.

Which of the following is not a trait of an American according to the lectures in this class?

Describe the term Epidemiology. 

Which bacteria would be positive for the coagulase and catalase test?