Vocab
Bust
a sculpture of a person's head, shoulders, and chest.
"Give me Liberty or Give Me Death!"
Patrick Henry
What does the Scarlet Letter (A) symbolize?
Adultery
The Climax of the story is also known as the...
Peak of the action or biggest conflict/change of the book
What author says "Quoth the Raven, Nevermore."?
Edgar Allen Poe
repine
feel or express discontent; fret.
“I concluded…that the mere speculative conviction that it as our interest to be completely virtuous, was not sufficient to prevent our slipping; and that the contrary habits must be broken, and good ones acquired and established before we can have any dependence on a steady, uniform rectitude of conduct.”
Ben Franklin
What were the full names of the 4 main characters?
Hester Prynne, Pearl, Authur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth
Define Direct Characterization.
a method of describing the character in a straightforward manner
Define Intuition
the ability to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning. (Gut Feeling)
gesticulate
use gestures, especially dramatic ones, instead of speaking or to emphasize one's words.
“The American out therefore to love this country much better than that wherein either he or his forefathers were born. Here the rewards of his industry follow with equal step the progress of his labour; his labour is founded on the basis of nature, self-interest: can it want a stronger allurement?”
J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur
Who is the witch in the Novel The Scarlet Letter
Mistress Hibbins
What is the difference between a round and flat Character?
Round - a character that displays multiple traits
Flat - a character with few identifiable traits
Name the 6 American Romanticism Values
1. Nature
2. Imagination
3. Intuition
4. Idealism
5. Inspiration
6. Individualism
Macabre
disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or depiction of death and injury.
“And when I could no longer look,/ I blest his name that gave and took,/that laid my goods now in the dust:/Yea, so it was, and so ’twas just."
Bradstreet
What did Pearl make her "A" out of?
Seaweed
What is the difference between a Dynamic and Static character?
Dynamic - A character who changes throughout the story.
Static - A character who stays the same
Which author wrote "Self-Reliance"?
Ralph Waldo Emerson
usurp
fame or recognized superiority, especially within a particular sphere or profession.
"and…[revealing]…the glorious Dispensation of civil and religious Liberty, which are so inseparably united, that there is little or no Enjoyment of one Without the other: Otherwise, perhaps, the Israelites had been less solicitous for their freedom from Egyptian slavery.”
Phillis Wheatley
Where did Hester go after Dimmesdale died?
New England
The Biggest Plane
Who wrote "The Chambered Nautilus"
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.