Vocabulary
Call of the Wild
The Great Gastby
Literary Periods
Works of Literature
100

a state of perplexity or doubt

what is a quandary

100

this is Buck's antagonist 

who is Spitz

100

this is what the green light represented

what is Gatsby's dream of having Daisy back with him

100

during this literary period, many authors relied on writing as a form of teaching religious submission, sometimes through instilling fear in their readers. Some of the important writers of the time include Anne Bradstreet and Jonathan Edwards.

what is Puritanism

100

the author of Outcasts of Poker Flat

who is Bret Harte

200

out of date, no longer in use

what is obsolete

200

this is what the man in the red sweater taught Buck

was it to fear the club

200

this is Jay Gatsby's real name

what is James Gatz

200

this literary period lasted roughly from the 1910s through the mid-1930s, the period is considered a golden age in African American culture, manifesting in literature, music, stage performance, and art.

what is the Harlem Renaissance

200

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, and that had made all the difference," is from this poem

what is The Road Not Taken

300

stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small

what is parsimonious


300

this is the law that Buck learns to live by

what is the law of club and fang

300

this is what the heat at the Plaza Hotel represents

what is the tension between Gatsby, Daisy, and Tom

300

this literary movement was centered in fiction, particularly the novel.  It attempted fidelity to real life, or "actuality," in its representation.  The author concerns himself with the here and now, centering his work in his own time, dealing with common-place everyday events and people, and with the socio-political climate of his day .

what is realism

300

An author’s account of the two years, two months, and two days he spent living a life of simplicity.

what is Walden

400

loud and noisy; compelling attention

what is vociferous

400

this is how Buck came to live with John Thornton

what is when John Thornton saved Buck's life

400

this person says,  “And I like large parties. They‘re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy”?

who is Jordon

400

many of the characteristics of this literature can be found in the poems, journals, letters, narratives, histories and teaching materials written by settlers and religious and historic figures of the period. Various texts include the writings of Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine, and Benjamin Franklin

what is the Age of Reason

400

a poem often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. It tells of a distraught lover, tracing the man's slow fall into madness.

what is The Raven

500

suggesting an incongruity between what might be expected and what actually happens

what is ironic

500

this group attacked Buck's camp and killed John Thornton

who are the yeehats

500

this is Gatsby's former employer from whom Gatsby learns not to drink

who is Dan Kody

500

an idealistic philosophical and social movement that developed in New England around 1836 in reaction to rationalism. It taught that divinity pervades all nature and humanity, and its members held progressive views on feminism and communal living.

what is Transcendentalsim

500

“In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty,” is from this essay

what is Self-Reliance