Literary Devices
Persuasive Elements
Romanticism
Longfellow
Transcendentalism
100
"The little waves, with their soft, white hands, Efface the footprints in the sands..."
What is Personification---he is personifying the waves by giving them "hands"
100
Patrick Henry gives a logical argument for why America should begin a revolution against British rule.
What is Logos?
100
True/False: Romantics value logic and reason over imagination and intuition ***To receive full credit, you must answer true/false and correct the answer if it is false.
What is false--- Romantics value intuition and imagination rather than science and reason.
100
Longfellow was married how many times?
What is two times
100
To transcend is to "________________"
What is "go beyond"
200
"While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door...."
What is Onomatopoeia? Rapping/tapping
200
Martin Luther King was a religious figure and had experience with the civil rights movement. This gives him credibility and trustworthiness.
What is Ethos?
200
True/False: Ben Franklin was one of the most well known Romantic authors
What is False---Ben Franklin wrote during the "Age of Reason"
200
In the poem, "Cross of Snow," who is Longfellow writing about?
Who is Francis (his wife)
200
One of the most well known transcendentalists
Who is Emerson
300
“Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before….”
What is Alliteration? The D consonant sound repeats
300
At the end of the "Speech to the Virginia Convention," Henry states, "Give me liberty, or give me death!!" to inspire emotion from the audience
What is Pathos?
300
One of the five "I"s of Romanticism is "Intuition." How do you define intuition?
What is "instinct" "follow your heart and the direction it is telling you to go" "having a sense or idea about something and listening to it"
300
In the "Cross of Snow," what is the main emotion/meaning behind the last line: "These eighteen years, through all the changing scenes and seasons, changeless since the day she died.."
What is grief/sorrow/mourning?
300
According to the essay "Nature," one should retreat to nature and "____________________"
What is "look up at the stars" or "stargaze"
400
"Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation."
What is Allusion---Martin Luther King references the Emancipation Proclamation and refers "Five Score"
400
Identify the literary device/persuasive element used during this part of King's speech. Why is it effective to persuade the audience? "Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia. Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee. From every mountainside, let freedom ring!"
What is Repetition--Repeating a phrase gives the speech emphasis to prove a point.
400
True or False: Romantics took inspiration from urban/city environments and had respect for science. ***To get full credit, you must answer true/false and correct any false information
What is False----Romantics took inspiration from nature vs. the city and placed more value in imagination vs. science.
400
True or False: Longfellow wrote during the "Age of Reason" ****For full credit, you must answer with true or false and correct the answer if it is false
What is False: Longfellow was an author in the era of Romanticism
400
True or False: Transcendentalists place a huge importance on organized religion and spend much of their free time in church ***To get credit for this, you must get the true/false & correct the statement if it is false
What is False---- Transcendentalists believe in spirituality vs. organized religion and seek to find this spirituality in nature
500
“ In a sense we’ve come to our nation’s capital to cash a check… a check which has come back marked “insufficient funds.” But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds…."
What is Extended Metaphor-- "cash a check" "insufficient funds," "bank of justice"
500
At the end of "I have a dream," Martin Luther King exclaims "Free at Last" and incites an emotional response from the crowd. This is an example of:
What is Pathos?
500
How does the previous "Age of Reason" differ from "Romanticism?"
What is: The "Age of Reason" emphasized science, logic, and reason above all else. Everything has a scientific explantation and can be logically proven. Romantics believe in the value of imagination, intuition and inner experience.
500
In this stanza from "Tide Rises, Tide Falls," what do the footprints and waves symbolize? **for full credit, you must give a key theme and then explain it.
What is Permanence--- Longfellow sees people as impermanent---life is born and passes. However, the elements of nature, specifically the waves in this passage, are permanent.
500
True or False: According to Emerson, adults are able to see nature better than children. ***To receive credit for your team, you must be able to answer true/false and explain the correct answer if it is false.
What is False: According to Emerson, children are better able to experience and see nature. They have a pure and open-minded perspective. They experience the elements of nature and appreciate it.
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