-Isms
Literary Devices
Authors
Historical Background
Misc.
100
Stories that explain ceremony and ritual.
What is Native Americanism?
100
The author's attitude toward the text.
What is Tone?
100
"Common Sense"
Who is Thomas Paine?
100
During the years 1750-1870 (Rationalism), the writers were focused on this_____.
What are politics?
100
The the theme of "how to live in balance with creation was common during this literary era.
What is Native Americanism?
200
A person's natural desire to do good - this works against predestination.
What is Puritanism?
200
The feeling a writer creates for the reader.
What is Mood?
200
"Walden"
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
200
Westward Expansion influenced this literary era.
What is Romanticism?
200
A ghostly double of a living person that it haunts.
What is a doppelganger?
300
Poetry is the highest expression of the imagination.
What is Romanticism?
300
The emotions evoked from a word or phrase.
What is Connotation?
300
"The Minister's Black Veil"
Who is Nathaniel Hawthorne?
300
Slavery influenced the literature during this era.
What is Realism?
300
The city upon the hill.
What is the concept of manifest destiny?
400
Emphasized gothic and supernatural aspects of human experience.
What is Dark Romanticism?
400
Comparison made without the use of like or as.
What is a Metaphor?
400
"Fall of the House of Usher"
Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
400
Name one of the Innovative poets.
Who is Emily Dickinson or Walt Whitman?
400
First drafted the Decleration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
500
Individual emotion , intuition and imagination are better ways to truth than logic and reason.
What is Transcendentalism?
500
A literary piece written in the form of a letter for publication.
What is Epistle?
500
"Because I could not stop for Death"
Who is Emily Dickenson?
500
This war influenced the literary writings during the Realism era.
What is the Civil War?
500
The names of Mrs. McClain's husband and children.
Who are Rich, Lachlan and Elyana?
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