Literary Movements
God can be found in Nature, not Church" is an idea of what movement
Transcendentalism
He was the foremost Gothic author in the US, and is well known for his ability to describe how deranged minds think.
Edgar Allan Poe
An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. It is one of the most basic and commonly used literary devices in poetry
Allusion
Name the author or the piece:
Leave my loneliness unbroken!—quit the bust above my door! Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!”
"The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
Who said the following quote: "If it's true, it ain't bragging
Walt Whitman
"Either real or imagined references to the supernatural" is a trait of what movement
Gothic Romanticism
This author is considered the foremost American representative of Romantic poetry; however fame only came posthumously.
Emily Dickinson
The deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect is known as...
Anaphora
Name the author or the piece:
A little way beyond was another great hole, which they had emptied and not yet filled up. This held water, and all summer it stood there, with the near-by soil draining into it, festering and stewing in the sun; and then, when winter came, somebody cut the ice on it, and sold it to the people of the city.
"The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair
a template for an idea or concept that is common in several variants across different cultures or genres.
Archetype
"Reality is seen as a false construction, all we have are imperfect perspectives and points of view." is an idea of what movement?
Modernism
This author uses allegories and archetypes to convey moral messages about the corrupt nature of human beings
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Derived from a Greek word meaning “over-casting” it is a figure of speech which involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis. It is an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis.
Hyperbole
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"...I'd brush the Summer by
With half a smile, and half a spurn,
As Housewives do, a Fly."
"If You Were Coming in the Fall" by Emily Dickinson
Who said the following: “It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”
Mark Twain
"Extremely detailed descriptions filled with adjectives" is an idea of what movement?
Romanticism
This author is considered as the best example of Transcendentalism since he followed its ideals throughout his life. He is the author of "Walden: A Life in the Woods".
Henry David Thoreau
A rhetorical device used by playwrights and authors whenever their characters address a character that isn’t present in the scene. It is often used by characters who are addressing a personification or an idea.
Apostrophe
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"And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling—my darling—my life and my bride,
In her sepulchre there by the sea—"
"Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe
A literary work in which characters, settings, and events stand in for abstract ideas or moral qualities is called...
an Allegory
"Characters are more important than the plot." is an idea of what movement?
Realism
this author only wrote a single book in his whole life, which he revised and reedited for every new edition. He has a mixture of Transcendental and Romantic ideas in his poems
Walt Whitman
This literary device is characterized by a number of words, typically three or more, that have the same first consonant sound fall within the same sentence or phrase.
Alliteration
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"...But I like it
because it is bitter,
and because it is my heart."
"In the Desert" by Stephen Crane
t is a type of composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice, or social injustices and contradictions are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule and through humor force us to reflect on the need to address these failings.
Satire