Poetry
Transcendentalism
Four Bases
Writing Skills
Author's purpose
100
This is the use of the same consonant sound again and again.
What is consonance.
100
Occured during this century.
What is 1800s.
100
This bases corresponds to grammar and writing correctly.
What is sentence skills.
100
Time order is refered to as this type of order.
What is chronological.
100
This author's purpose is made to amuse its audience.
What is entertain.
200
This is when an author refers to themselves with the use of first person pronouns such as I, me, my.
What is subjective.
200
The difference between Gothic and transcendentalist writers is this.
What is Gothic writers look at the dark side of human nature, while transcendentalist writers look at the light side of human nature.
200
This base shows that you have proper research to back up your topic.
What is support.
200
Order of importance is also known as this.
What is emphatic order.
200
This author's purpose will give instructions on how to do something.
What is explain.
300
This is a break in the poem, Dickinson uses a dash to form this.
What is caesura.
300
The three most famous transcendentalist writers were these.
What is Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman.
300
This base makes sure that you pick a topic and stick with it through the entire essay.
What is unity.
300
This stage of the writing process is when your first begin to brainstorm topics.
What is prewriting.
300
This author's purpose provides facts.
What is informative.
400
This is when the flow of thought continues on to the next line.
What is enjambment.
400
A paradox, often found in Dickinson's poetry, is this.
What is when two seemingly unlike things are found near eachother in a poem.
400
This base focuses on proper organization and flow of your essay for easy understanding.
What is coherence.
400
An exemplification essay should provide many of these.
What is examples.
400
This author's purpose is meant to convince or defend.
What is persuade.
500
This is when an abstract topic is given physical attributes.
What is concreteness.
500
These are the five transcendentalist beliefs.
What is 1) inspiration is found in nature 2) symmetry is found in nature 3) rejection of materialism 4) intuition is the highest human function 5) all men are good
500
These words and phrases are used to connect ideas.
What is transitions.
500
Support should be what two things.
What is adequate and accurate.
500
This author's purpose doesn't necessarily have to have an audience.
What is to express oneself.
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