Age of Reason
He wrote the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Romanticism was a rebellion against...
Urbanization (cities, factories, etc.)
Most famous Gothic Romantic poet
Edgar Allan Poe
This book can be considered the Transcendentalist bible
He is as strong as an ox
What is a simile?
Two characteristics of the Age of Reason
What are Logic and Rationalism?
This type of writing was popular during this period
Poetry
Two works of Edgar Allan Poe
Tell-Tale Heart, Annabel Lee, The Raven
Transcendentalism was a combination of these two other literary movements
Romanticism and Age of Reason
The flowers danced in the gentle breeze
What is Personification?
The years the Age of Reason was prevalent
1750-1800
The years Romanticism was prevalent
1800-1850
Romanticism is different from Gothic Romanticism because...
Gothic Romanticism is darker and creepier, but about the same topics
Decade Transcendentalism began
1830's
Cold carrots can't control the climate
Alliteration
Persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques
Rhetoric
Two characteristics of Romanticism
Individuality, imagination, awe of nature
Gothic Romanticism was before, during, or after Romanticism?
During and after (Romanticism = 1800-1850; Gothic Romanticism = 1840's)
Two famous Transcendentalists (full names)
Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau
She is a mountain, powerful and towering over all.
Metaphor
The type of writing most common in this era
What is nonfiction?
A story whose characters and plot represent a larger idea
Allegory
Having the characteristics of being smaller (under) than the size of an atom
Name of the Transcendentalist literary journal
The Dial
Bright blue sparkling water flows through the riverbed, creating a picturesque scene before me.
Imagery