Realism in Literature
A novella by Henry James about a rich young American woman in Europe who eventually dies. The story focuses on those in the upper crust of society.
Daisy Miller
Members of this movement thought that this represented the ability to just know something after connecting with the Over-Soul. It serves as a major theme in Self-Reliance.
Intuition
The voice telling the story is a character in the story. It is often identified by the use of the personal pronoun 'I.'
First Person Point of View
The repetition of a consonant sounds within a group of words, as opposed to the beginning of the word, as with alliteration
Consonance
Oral translation of speech or sign from a language into another
Interpretation
One of Edith Wharton's novels that criticizes high society and the enslaving power of money on the upper class. Like many Realist works, it takes a sharp look at social class.
House of Mirth
In this book, Henry David Thoreau contends that people are enslaved by progress. He condemns materialism and praises self-reliance and nature.
Walden
Identify the literary device: 'She was busy as a bee packing everything for vacation.'
Simile
A specific type of rhyme that usually takes place between two or more words or phrases within a single line of poetry
Internal Rhyme
In literature, what expresses the writer's attitude toward or feelings about the subject matter and audience
Tone
Willa Cather wrote this novel in the Realism period. It looks at the life of average families of immigrants living on the prairie. It's divided into five sections, narrated by a man named Jim.
My Antonia
Many lines in this poem take the focus off of a person's mind or spirit, instead dwelling on physical forms in a way that was considered controversial at the time.
Leaves of Grass
The story is told 'to' the reader, making the reader seem like he or she is a character in it. It is often indicated by the use of the pronoun 'you.'
Second Person Point of View
Identify the poetic device used below: Once in awhile, I like to sing, When I do, I feel like a king.
Couplet
A translation of a sign to its meaning, precisely to its literal meaning, more or less like dictionaries try to define it
Denotation
Kate Chopin wrote this story that follows the life of a woman named Edna as she begins to question traditional gender roles while losing interest in social obligations or domestic duties.
The Awakening
The belief that each person held within himself or herself the entire splendor of the world. Emerson referred to this as the 'eternal ONE.'
Universal Soul
When events contradict expectations.
Situational Irony
Identify the poetic device used below:
The door opened with a woosh and the leaves crackled under my feet.
Onomatopoeia
The act of determining and graphically representing the metrical character of a line of verse
Scansion
Twain wrote this funny short story about a trickster who doesn't succeed, getting tricked instead. It makes heavy use of regional dialect.
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
Dickinson wrote this poem about the process of dying. In the poem, death isn't portrayed as terrible or frightening, but merely as a step to reach eternal rest.
Because I could not stop for death
Identify the literary device: 'There are plenty of fish in the sea.'
Cliché
Identify the poetic device used below: The cat loves the mice,
The gambler loves the dice, But both might want to think twice.
End Rhyme
The purification and purgation of emotions-especially pity and fear-through art or any extreme change in emotion that results in renewal and restoration
Catharsis