Unit 1
The origin of man, earth, nature
What are creation myths trying to explain?
1800-1860
When was the Romantic Era?
Nature is the indifferent overpowering force
What is Naturalism?
When the author or narrator explicitly tells the reader about a character's traits
What is direct characterization?
Fragmentation, paradox, intertextuality, free indirect discourse, minimalism
What are the techniques of post-modernism?
To escape religious persecution
Why did Puritans flee to the new world?
Was known as the lady in white
Who was Emily Dickinson?
A narrative where events are not presented in chronological order
What are non-linear plots?
The attitude of the writer or narrator towards a particular subject
What is tone?
2 part sentence in an introduction
What is a thesis statement?
Science became popular, and a way to explain the world.
Why did Puritanism decline?
Something a transcendentalist would say about evil
What is an absence of good?
Makes statements about life by accurately portraying it
What is Realism?
Meter, end rhyme, internal rhyme, parallelism, repetition, consonance, assonance
What are rhythmic tools?
Disjointed narratives that don't have linear plot lines
What is fragmentation?
Aphorism, Anecdote, Hyperbole, and Rhetorical question
Persuasive Rhetorical Techniques?
Nature
What was the main guiding principle for transcendentalists?
Two or more stories that are braided together
What are "connected parallel stories"?
1910-1935
When was the Harlem Renaissance period?
A humorous imitation of a literary or musical work or style
What is a Parody?
Ethos, Logos, and Pathos
What are the modes of persuasion?
Edgar Allan Poe's creation
Who invented the genre of mystery?
Stories that are related in content and theme but may not have overlapping stories
What are, "thematically connected narratives"?
Cruelness of man and his use of societal and class structures
What is a theme of modernism?
Exaggeration, Incongruity, and Reversal
What are three methods used to create a parody?