What movement stressed individualism, self-reliance, intuition?
Transcendentalism
100
A list of resources used in academic writing. This "page" comes after the essay at the end.
What is a works cited page? (or Bibliography or References)
200
Chapter is to ______ as stanza is to poem.
What is novel?
200
What is the first American Literary Period referred to?
The Native American Period
200
Chrono
time
200
Included the literature written during the civil war, significant industrial invention
Realistic Period
200
A formal system used to think about and organize your essay.
What is an outline?
300
A letter or group of letters added in front of a root or base word that changes its meaning.
What is a prefix?
300
Literature influenced by Puritan work ethic.
Colonial Period
300
obstare
to stand
300
Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglas are all writers from what time period?
Realistic Period
300
However, furthermore, and nevertheless for example. What are these terms called?
What is a transition statement?
400
Define what an archetype is.
• an original that has been imitated :
Ex. the archetype of faith is Abraham.
• a recurrent symbol or motif in literature, art, or mythology Ex. mythological archetypes of good and evil.
400
Writers were focused on explaining and justifying the American Revolution
Describe the type of writing that emerged during this period. Short and sweet? Long and verbose? Adjectives?
Revolutionary Period.
400
ex, e, ef
from, out
400
What is a local color writer?
Writers who focused on a particular region of the country, seeking to showcase the culture and beliefs of that area.
400
A sentence (or maybe two) in your essay that contains the focus of your essay.
What is a thesis statement?
500
Behave in a supercilious manner to the person next to you.
You should be behaving or looking as though you think you are superior to them.
500
Emphasis on universal human experience / Valuing feeling and intuition over reason.
Romanticism
500
viam
way
500
Charles Darwin, Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx are all writers in what time period?
Naturalist, Naturalism
500
Also known as an argument, this type of essay is used to convince the reader of a writer's argument(s) relating to a debatable issue.