Early American Literature
What was the main motive for early migrations to the New World?
What is religion?
This poet is often considered the National Poet of the United States.
Who is Walt Whitman?
The rosebush outside the prison serves as a symbol of this.
What is hope?
This is writing intended to instruct.
What is didacticism?
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
In "The Author to Her Book," Anne Bradstreet refers to her book of poetry as this.
What is her child?
This author is often considered the father of detective fiction.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
This character serves as a constant reminder of Hester's sin.
Who is Pearl?
This is the term for the author hinting at events that will occur later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
In 1776, Thomas Paine entered the political controversy by writing this work
What is Common Sense?
Roger Williams's belief about this political principle has remained influential even to this day.
What is separation of church and state?
"O Captain! My Captain!" was written as eulogy after the passing of this man.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
What is she refuses to approach her?
This is the emotional atmosphere of a work of literature.
What is mood?
Walt Whitman spent much of his life working on this, his primary collection of poetry.
What is Leaves of Grass?
Toward the end of the 18th century, American literature began to take on a ____ slant.
What is political?
Henry David Thoreau believed this to be the best kind of government.
This location serves a significant place and important symbol of sin, shame, and punishment throughout The Scarlet Letter.
What is the scaffold?
This is the withholding of information about the nature or outcome of a situation to raise reader curiosity or anxiety.
What is suspense?
This book, first published in 1640, was the first book printed in the English colonies and remained in use among New England churches for nearly 150 years.
What is The Bay Psalm Book?
Thomas Paine excelled at doing this specific thing.
What is making difficult concepts easy for the common man to understand?
These are the three key elements of Dark Romanticism.
What are rich symbolism, horrific/supernatural elements, and an exploration of the psychological effects of guilt and sin?
These are the two different meanings of the letter A on Hester's chest as believed by the town people throughout the story.
What are "adulterer" and "able"?
This is a person, place, thing, or idea in a story that means something in addition to itself.
What is a symbol?
This is the name of the pond at which Henry David Thoreau enacted his year-long transcendental experiment?
What is Walden Pond?