This literary period believed in the unity of all creation and that human nature contained something that goes beyond ordinary experience.
What is Transcendentalism
100
A quirky saying or expression specific to a language.
What is an idiom?
100
A verb that acts like an adjective and end in "ed" or "ing"
What is a Participle
100
A brief account of an interesting event, either personal or factual.
What is Anecdote
100
Name one of Mrs. Riley's best friends.
What is either Patrick (her husband) or Mrs. Motsinger?
200
Literature written in the 18th and 19th centuries and considered a literature of transition between the oral tradition which flourished before Europeans arrived. The myth "How the World Was Made" is a an example.
What is Native American Literature
200
A contrast between appearance and reality.
What is Irony
200
What is an action verb that has a direct object is known as.
What is Transitive.
200
The method a writer uses to reveal the personality of a character, either through inferences or directly
What is Characterization
200
What does Mrs. Riley want for Christmas?
What is peace, love and happiness on Earth?
300
"Crisis No. 1" and "Speech to the Second Virginia Convention" are examples of this literary period.
What is Revolutionary Literature
300
Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, to make a point, or to evoke humor.
What is Hyperbole
300
What part of speech is "readily"
What is a conjunction
300
The central struggle between two opposing forces in a story.
What is Conflict
300
What era of American Literature are we in today?
What is Post-Modernism?
400
"The Minister's Black Veil" is an example of this type of literature.
What is Romanticism
400
A figure of speech in which opposite ideas are combined.
What is Oxymoron
400
When they finally breached the walls of Massada in A.D. 73. The Romans were amazed at what they found. Identify the type of error in the sentence/passage.
What is a Sentence Fragment
400
Writing or speech that tells a story.
What is Narrative
400
In the Romanticism Era unit, we read "Thanatopsis” by William Cullen Bryant. What was the name of the song Mrs. Riley played that had similar thematic elements and was featured on a popular TV show?
What is "Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult?
500
"Sing Low Sweet Chariot" and "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" are examples of this type of literature.
What is Realism/Naturalism
500
Part of the plot in which actions, complications, and plot twists lead up to the climax.
What is Rising Action
500
Original sources of information; anything from firsthand documents, such as poems, diaries, court records, documents, and interviews to research results generated by experiments, surveys, etc.
What is a Primary Source
500
The central message of a work of literature that readers can apply to life.
What is Theme
500
Name 4 of the 8 Ivy League universities in the U.S.
What is Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Dartmouth, University of Pennsylvania, Columbia, Cornell