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Romanticism
Gothicism
Transcendentalism
Counterargument
Grab Bag
100
Romanticism reached its peak in this year.
What is 1850?
100
Gothic literature is created from a combination of these things.
What are romanticism and horror?
100
He is the father of Transcendentalism.
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
100
These are words that strengthen your argument or limit your opponent's argument.
What is qualifying language?
100
Christopher Reeve starred in this movie about a time traveler looking for his true love in the past.
What is /Somewhere in Time/?
200
These media were typically the places where Romanticism was embodied.
What is art and literature?
200
The name Gothicism actually comes from this non-literary thing.
What is Gothic architecture?
200
This is where the ideas of Transcendentalism began.
What is the eastern United States?
200
This is recognizing your opponent's point.
What is concession?
200
This gentlemen is the master of the macabre and synonymous with all things Gothic.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
300
Romanticism was created as a means to escape this.
What is urbanization/industrialization?
300
Gothicism almost always has ghosts, premonitions, omens, etc., collectively categorized as this.
What is the supernatural?
300
This is the idea of God, Nature, and Man being connected in Transcendentalism.
What is the oversoul?
300
This is the "actual" counterargument.
What is the rebuttal?
300
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote this poem toward the end of his life, demonstrating his acceptance of death.
What is "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls?"
400
Romanticism often focused on this theme, where the main character grew up throughout the story.
What is coming of age?
400
The heroine (or other supporting female characters) in Gothicism is often this type of person.
What is a woman in distress?
400
Transcendentalism is really what began the modern American idea of this.
What is individualism?
400
This is the paragraph after which you would put a counterargument paragraph if it is at the beginning of an essay.
What is the intro paragraph?
400
Transcendentalism does not value religion, per se; instead, it values this idea of an overall connection to nature and god.
What is spirituality?
500
This is often out of the way, or away from society, typical of Romantic literature.
What is setting?
500
This is usually cited as the first example of Gothic literature.
What is The Castle of Otranto?
500
Transcendentalism believes in the inherent good, which is the opposite of this earlier philosophy.
What is Puritanism?
500
This is why you should include a counterargument paragraph in an essay.
What is strengthening your argument?
500
This Romantic poem we read has a title which is a combination of two Latin words meaning "death" and "view/vision."
What is "Thanatopsis?"