Gothic Literature
Define somnambulism.
Sleepwalking
A comparison between two unlike things not using "like" or "as."
Metaphor
This is where Thoreau decided to live two years of his life.
Cabin he built himself in the middle of the woods near Walden pond.
At the beginning of Walden, what was Thoreau pretending to be?
A real estate broker
A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as."
Simile
What does "the revenant" refer to in Gothic literature?
The dead returning upon the living.
A repetition of beginning sounds. (She sells seashells by the seashore)
Alliteration
During his younger years, Thoreau lived with and learned from this Transcendentalist.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
This is why Thoreau wanted to buy the Hollowell farm.
He wanted to buy it before the farmer could make any of his "improvements," such as fixing the fences, cutting down old trees, and planting crops in neat rows. Thoreau wanted to buy it so that he could just leave it alone.
Literature that details real-life events.
Nonfiction
How did Hawthorne portray the Puritans in "The Minister's Black Veil?" Why did he portray them in this way?
He portrayed them as hypocritical, judgmental people; he portrayed them this way due to his distaste/dislike for the Puritans (his ancestor was a judge in the Salem witch trials).
An extreme exaggeration in literature is called a __________.
Hyperbole
This is how Thoreau felt about commitment.
You should never make a commitment; if you are committed to anything, you might as well be committed to the jail.
To what animal did Thoreau compare himself? (HINT: this animal makes sounds that might be really annoying to the average human.)
A chanticleer (or rooster)
A type of literature is called a ___________.
Genre
Describe Aminidab's character in "The Birthmark." What did he represent?
He was hairy, short, and "earthy." He represents Earth or Nature because he laughs at the end of the story. In a sense, Nature is laughing at Aylmer's attempt to perfect her/him/it.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! When one work of literature refers to another work of literature, history, mythology, or art, we call this _____________.
Allusion
This was Thoreau's masterwork.
Walden
Name one way Thoreau thought we should simplify our lives.
Eat one meal a day instead of three. Keep our "accounts on our thumbnail." Stop trying to build the railroad to heaven; instead, stay home and mind your own business.
Rhyming words at the ends of lines demonstrates _________ _____________.
End rhyme
Give three examples of the grotesque from Gothic literature we have studied in class.
1) Georgiana's birthmark, 2)Roderick Usher's description, 3) The House of Usher, 4) Aminidab
The feeling that a reader gets from a piece of literature is called . . .
Mood
This is why Thoreau chose to live in the woods without any modern conveniences or comforts for two years.
He wanted to "live deliberately" or truly know what it means to live.
This is what Thoreau believed about poverty.
You should cultivate it.
When literature addresses an entity that is not physically there, it is using _____________.
Apostrophe