Formal Writing
True or false?
If you mention the author before the quote, you don't need to include the author in the in-text citation.
Ex: (5).
TRUEEEEE
omg so true
These people provided some of America's most famous poetry, and transitioned poetry into the next century (1800s-1900s)
The Late Romantics
Most writings of this era were short and informative. Most creatives of this era went into the field of politics.
Rationalism
I dwelt among the Restaurants--
and feared I would be lost--
But in the darkness, Shining there--
I found a Baja Blast!
Slant Rhyme
The Late Romantics focused on emotion, expressing individualism, and how nature could inspire creativity.
Parallelism. Items in a list should share the same format
The late Romantics focused on emotion, individualism, and inspiration.
Works Cited entries should be arranged ____________
alphabetically
1600-1750; plain style of writing; believed all of life was a test
Puritanism
Era of the Common Man; focus on individualism, imagination, and expression
What POV is this?
"I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
1st person POV
The Puritans believed in strict moral codes, and their beliefs affects their daily lives.
subject/verb agreement
beliefs affected
True or false?
It's okay to ask the reader rhetorical questions in an essay.
You either die a hero, or live long enough to become a trickster.
NA Literature
despair, madness, dread, terror, suspense, shame, obsession, revenge, EVIL!!!!!!!
Dark Romanticism
"All of us laughed when they lowered my grandmother into the ground. And all of us laughed when they covered her with dirt. And all of us laughed as we walked and drove and rode our way back to our lonely, lonely houses.”
Anaphora (repetition of words/phrases)
American Romanticism celebrated the power of nature and the individual it rejected industrialization and embraced intuition and emotion
Run-on error
individual, rejecting
individual; it rejected
If you modify the words of a quote, you should put those modified words in ____________
brackets
anti-monarchy, anti-religion, anti-tradition
just doing their own thing, man
Rationalism
Thoreau squatted on Emerson's property for two years because he "wished to live deliberately," but not in isolation, regularly hanging with friends and family or going into town for rice and flour when he wasn't writing for this spiritual movement:
Transcendentalism
"The scarlet letter was a spell, taking her out of the ordinary relations with humanity, and enclosing her in a sphere by herself.”
Metaphor
Native American literature often tells stories and tales that are deeply connected to the culture and traditions of the Native American people, showing how their beliefs and values shape their way of life and the way they view the world.
Wordiness/Redundancy
Native American literature reflects the culture, traditions, and values that shape their worldview.
Stories should be written about in
__________________ tense.
Literary present
like Christmas!
creation, migration, enumeration, ritualization
NA Literature
Crime Noir
DAILY DOUBLE
"I had killed a man, for money and a woman. I didn't have the money and I didn't have the woman."
Irony
Verbal? Situational? Both? Neither?
American Rationalism valued logic and reason, and they believed that individuals could shape their own destiny through careful thought.
Pronoun error
it believed