Parts of Speech
This part of speech describes or modifies a noun.
What is "adjective"?
A sentence with one dependent clause and one independent clause.
What is a complex sentence?
This large, ponderous edifice is the first thing the reader sees in the Scarlet Letter.
This means "breath," "vapor," or "mist,"and it signifies something fleeting, insubstantial, and transient. Because of this literal meaning, it is often used in a metaphorical sense to mean "futility," "emptiness," "worthless," or "meaningless," especially in the book of Ecclesiastes.
What is "hebel"?
This is symbolic of a balm for human frailty in Scarlet Letter, often offering hope and forgiveness when society is rigid and harsh. A true tie to American Romanticism.
What is "nature"?
“Wow,” “Ouch,” and “Hey” belong to this part of speech.
What is an interjection?
The grammatical error that occurs when two independent clauses are joined with only a comma.
What is a comma splice?
Hester Prynne is not indolent. She is the opposite of this.
What is lazy?
Twelve fundamental human motivations and personality traits that appear in our collective unconscious, influencing how we see ourselves and others.
What is an "archetype"?
Hester's self determination to not be defined by society's branding the Scarlet Letter to her chest, and her ability to forge a new identity of "able" to replace "adultery" shows what aspect of American Romanticism?
What is "individualism"?
In the sentence “I like running,” the word “running” is this type of speech.
What is a noun?
This part of a sentence always contains a subject and a verb.
What is a clause?
The deliberate raising of plants and animals for one's own consumption.
Hester lives an austere life, taking nothing except for what she needs as part of her penance.
Another word that describes these two situations.
What is "subsistence"?
Authors like William Bradford used these to highlight God's providence, comparing His care for the Pilgrims to divine interventions in classical or biblical tales, justifying their new society.
What are "allusions"?
The meteor in the sky meant two different things to the preacher and the other Puritan citizens in the Scarlet Letter. This shows what aspect of American Romanticism?
What is intuition over reason?
These three little words — “in,” “on,” and “at” — are common examples of this part of speech.
What is a preposition?
An example of this type of sentence problem would be:
"I can't go home for Christmas the storm caused my flight to be canceled."
What is a fused sentence?
Vigilance and Vigil relate to each other in this way.
What is "watchful"?
What is "syntax"?
Chillingsworth's transformation from a quiet, studious, venerable doctor to a fiend is an example of the power of this force in Romanticism.
The emphasis in Romanticism is on this force rather than logic.
What is "emotion"?
Answers key questions like
How? When? Where? Why? How often? How long? To what extent/degree? and Under what conditions?
What is an adverb?
This error happens when a dependent clause or phrase is punctuated as if it were a complete sentence (“Because I was tired.”).
What is a sentence fragment?
Although our basketball team has a lot of ___________, we succumbed to our formidable foe, Snook.
This means persistent determination, the quality of holding on firmly to a goal and not giving up easily, even in the face of difficulty, often involving trying different approaches to succeed.
What is "tenacity"?
A literary and artistic movement emphasizing emotion, individualism, nature's beauty, and intuition over reason, reacting to industrialization and Enlightenment rationalism to forge a distinct American identity through personal expression and exploration of the self, with key figures like Hawthorne exploring themes of freedom, the sublime, and the common person.
What is "American Romanticism"?
This type of person often becomes the hero of American Romanticism, often someone with little wealth, position or pedigree.
What is "the common man"?