Vocab + Sentence
Meaning of Ambivalence
something along the lines of "the state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone "
Derive Sage
sagacious, sagacity,
3 names of the literature period circa the Revolutionary War
American Classicism, Age of Reason
Idiom for being inebriated. Use in sentence
3 sheets to the wind
Meaning of Superfluous
something along the lines of "unnecessary, especially through being more than enough."
Derive
First Literature Period, Name a book and its author
Puritans, The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne
Idiom for seasons of youth and old age. Use in sentence
May/December
something like "a person who believes that the pursuit of pleasure is the most important thing in life; a pleasure-seeker. "
Derive Piety
pious
Period that focused on the harsh reality of life. Name 2 books and their author
Realism, Arthur Miller - All My Sons, Death of Salesman
Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck
America's Shakespeare
Arthur Miller
Meaning of Thanatopis
something like "a meditation about death"
Derive Belligerent
bellicose, belligerently
A period before Transcendentalism that valued intuition and nature. Also, name 1 writer and 1 of his stories
Romanticism, Edgar Allen Poe - The Raven, Fall of House of Usher, etc
3 appeal of rhetoric/persuasion. Define each
Pathos -emotion, ethos - credibility, logos - logic
Meaning of Defenestrate
something like "throw (someone) out of a window."
Derive Ignominious
Ignominy, Ignominiously, Ignominiousness.
What are some themes of Transcendentalism? Name 3 writers of the era
Nature, People Good, Oversoul.
Thoreau, Waldo, Emily Dickinson
4 Forms of Discourse
Exposition, Persuasion, Narrative, Description