Key Figures
Born into slavery; eventually became advisor to two American presidents
Who is Booker T. Washington?
A network of secret escape routes into the North and Canada
What is the Underground Railroad?
Sensory words that mimic the sounds they name
What is onomatopoeia?
Have a subject and verb but cannot stand alone as a complete thought
What is a dependent clause?
What is Alaska?
An American author best known for capturing the diversity of the American people in his works
Who is Walt Whitman?
What is the Trail of Tears?
Poetry containing no meter, no rhyme scheme, and varying line lengths
What is free verse?
A single independent clause
Where McCandless' body is discovered
What is an abandoned bus?
Named as one of America's greatest poets and stylistically known for her unique use of dashes and capital letters
Who is Emily Dickinson?
The idea that it was an American right to settle on new land
What is Manifest Destiny?
List of people, objects, or situations
What is catalogue?
One independent clause and at least one subordinate clause
What is a complex sentence?
The name Chris McCandless adopts after leaving his old life behind
Who is Alexander Supertramp?
A leader of the Transcendalist movement which celebrated the individual and the power of the human mind
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
The repetition of words at the beginnings of successive sentences or sections of a text
What is anaphora?
Two or more independent clauses
A literary movement that emphasizes the inherent goodness of people
The deadliest conflict in American history
What is the Civil War?
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, and So
What are coordinating conjunctions?
An Alaskan landmark where McCandless begins his journey
What is the Stampede Trail?