Literary Terms
An epigraph is…
a short quotation usually at the start of a text that is intended to suggest its theme
This movie we watched depicts a guy who lives in a bus out in the wilderness.
Into the Wild
Henry David Thoreau lived in a cabin in the woods and wrote a book about his experience living a simple life. This book is called...
Walden
The Transcendentalists valued these four things.
Nature, self-reliance, individuality, simplicity
This guy will miss all of you so much and wants you to visit next year.
Mr. Hoffman
In media res is a Latin term for a writing technique where a writer…
Starts the story “in the middle of things”—in the middle of the action
True or False: Transcendentalism was a literary movement in the 19th century.
True
This writer is considered the founder of Transcendentalism.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
What is the central idea of Thoreau presents in "Walden"?
The benefits of a simple, deliberate life close to nature
I play her music most days in class.
Taylor Swift
This word means to go above or beyond. It's related to one of the literary movements we discussed.
Transcend
Into the Wild focuses on Chris McCandless's life, but it also details some aspects of this other guy's life climbing mountains in Alaska.
Jon Krakauer
The title Into the Wild comes from this...
a line in the last note McCandless wrote to Westerberg on a postcard
Into the Wild is an example of...
Investigative Literary Journalism
Which writers did Chris McCandless often read?
Jack London, Leo Tolstoy, and the Transcendentalists
With this rhetorical device, a speaker briefly, indirectly references another text, current event, or historical event to add another layer of meaning to their message.
Allusion
American Romanticism branched off into these two submovements.
Transcendentalism and Gothic Literature
The text we read by the Surgeon general that discussed loneliness.
We Have Become a Lonely Generation
This person we learned about could be considered a modern day Transcendentalist.
Chris McCandless and Steve Jobs
The name Emerson gave to that undefinable presence that connects all living things and affects everything in our life.
The Oversoul