Literary Terms
The feeling a piece of literature creates in a reader.
What is Mood?
T/F: The Native Americans viewed themselves as part of the community of plants, animals and other natural objects. They did not waste anything from nature.
True
What was the primary purpose that Puritans wrote?
To teach about God
What did the Declaration of Independence do?
Declared independence from Britain
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Pathos
What did the Gothics focus on?
The dark side of human nature
The Beat Generation was a group of authors popularized in the
The 1950's
A person, place or and object that stands for something else
What is a Symbol?
In the 1830s the U.S. government forced many Native Americans to relocate. What was it called?
Trail of Tears
Puritans believed that the Native Americans living on the frontier were ______.
Devil worshipers
WHAT WAS FREDERICK DOUGLASS?
ABOLITIONIST
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Logos
What major event sparked the realism era?
Civil War
A period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art & music & literature flourished
Harlem Renaissance
A reference to something else in literature
What is an Allusion?
Why were the Pilgrims called "Separatists" in England?
They seperated from England
Puritans believed all people were born with _____ ___ because of the sin of Adam and Eve.
Original Sin
The French and Indian War was fought between
Britain and France
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Ethos
An ironic, sarcastic, or witty composition claiming to argue for something, but is against it. Twain was famous for it.
Satire
F.Scott Fitzgerald described the 1920s as the
The Roaring 20's
Words or phrases that create a mental picture
Appeals to the five senses.
What is imagery?
In 1607, who was the MOST powerful Native American leader when the English landed?
Powhatan
Who was the first American poet?
Anne Bradstreet
Who was selected to write the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What is the name of the sentence that addresses the topic or answers the question?
Thesis
What are a couple of elements of Romanticism and Transcendentalism?
Nature, Self-Reliance, Meditation, Finding God on your own, Optimism
Non-violent civil rights leader
Martin Luther King Jr.
When one student tells the other student, "I love learning literary elements and I cannot wait to take the test on Tuesday!"
What is Verbal Irony?
The tale about the woman who was mad at her husband for having another wife:
The Legend of Standing Rock
Puritans left England for which two reasons?
Religious Freedom and to for business (make money)
This put a tax on newspapers, almanacs, playing cards, and mail!
Stamp Act
The support in your body paragraphs should come from...
Text evidence.
What is regionalism?
Language used by the people of an area, class, or group.
Who said in The Great Gatsby: "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past..."
Nick
In the movie, Jaws, the audience knows a shark is lurking in the water but the swimmers do not know the shark is there
What is Dramatic Irony?
The legend about choice
The Two Wolves- good and evil
Who wrote: "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?"
Johnathan Edwards
Thomas Paine published a pamphlet called...
Common Sense
Proper citation of a source in your paper is what?
Show on board
Who was the most influence writer(s) during Romanticism and Realism time period?
Emerson, Thoreau, Poe, Twain
What did the Beat Generation reject?
Literary formalism