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Literary Periods
Literary Terms
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The Crucible
Literary Terms, cont.
100
The first short story appeared during this literary period.
What is Romanticism
100
writing that is biased
What is subjective writing
100
This lit. period emphasized the beauty of nature
What is Romanticism
100
The Crucible could be considered an allegory for this
What is McCarthyism
100
Another word for "local color"
What is Regionalism
200
These writers worked to glorify God in everything they did.
What is Puritans
200
When a situation in a story contradicts what the reader and the characters thought would happen
What is situational irony
200
This lit. period focused on the individual. Do not conform!
What is Transcendentalism
200
John Proctor said that it's not the devil walking Salem, it's _______
What is vengeance
200
Writing that jumps around, kind of like a daydream
What is stream of consciousness
300
This literary period focused on the flaws of people/individuals.
What is Anti-Transcendentalism
300
Speech that is specific to a particular place and time
What is dialect
300
These people came to America in search of religious freedom.
What is Puritans.
300
In order to get out of being hanged, the accused had to __________ and _________
What is confess and accuse others
300
A story with two meanings, like The Crucible
What is allegory
400
This literary period was also known as the Age of Reason or the Period of Enlightenment.
What is Revolutionary.
400
A question asked for emphasis, not to be answered
What is a rhetorical question
400
This literature stressed the actual details of life
What is Realism
400
The event that started the hysteria
What is the girls dancing in the woods
400
A repeated idea throughout a piece of literature
What is motif
500
The writers of this literary period believed in the Oversoul Theory.
What is Transcendentalism
500
the main idea or message of a piece of literature
What is theme
500
This literary period viewed people as helpless victims of nature
What is Naturalism
500
The people involved in the Salem witch trials were ___________. (hint: one of the lit. periods we studied)
What is Puritans
500
a short saying with a message
What is aphorism