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Vocabulary
Quote Identification
Character Identification
Author Identification
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100
Repeated
What is reiterated?
100
"We paused before a House that seemed a swelling in the ground. The roof was scarcely visible..."
What is "Because I could not stop for Death"?
100
Nicholaus Vedder
What is "Rip Van Winkle"?
100
"The Fall of the House of Usher"
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
100
Intuition, imagination, innocence, inspiration from nature, inner experience
What are the Five I's of Romanticism?
200
Overly obedient
What is obsequious?
200
"A hideous throng rush out forever, and laugh--but smile no more."
What is "The Fall of the House of Usher"?
200
Lady Madeline
What is "The Fall of the House of Usher"?
200
"Rip Van Winkle"
Who is Washington Irving?
200
An American literary, political, and philosophical movement of the early nineteenth century, centered around Ralph Waldo Emerson. Adherents believed that everything the world, including individuals, is a reflection of the Divine Soul
What is Transcendentalism?
300
Bland, without flavor
What is insipid?
300
"The harpies of the shore shall pluck the eagle of the sea!"
What is "Old Ironsides"?
300
Mr. Hooper
What is "The Minister's Black Veil"?
300
"The Minister's Black Veil"
Who is Nathaniel Hawthorne?
300
Gloomy and very strong architecture, supernatural events
What are traits of Gothic Literature?
400
Determined
What is resolute?
400
"If I hide my face for sorrow, there is cause enough."
What is "The Minister's Black Veil"?
400
Maillard
What is "Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether"?
400
"Sea Canes"
Who is Derek Walcott?
400
Transcendentalism, gothic, slave narrative
What are sub-genres of American Romanticism?
500
Agreeable, likeable
What is amiable?
500
"He even ventured, when no eye was fixed upon him, to taste the beverage, which he found had much of the flavor of excellent Hollands."
What is "Rip Van Winkle"?
500
Camille L'Espanaye
What is "Murders in the Rue Morgue"?
500
"Thanatopsis"?
Who is William Cullen Bryant?
500
Emotional Intensity, Escapism, Common man as a hero, nature as refuge and source of knowledge
What are common themes of Romanticism?