Society hinders a person from being self-reliant because they conform to the norms of others rather than acting independently.
What role does society have according to Emerson´s essay ¨Self-Reliance¨?
100
1) Teach lessons
2) View is more inclusive of nature
3) Contains powerful metaphors
What are three generalizations that Bruchac makes about American Indian oral traditions?
100
The author wants to convince the VA Convention to create an army that will defend the armies by presenting logical information such as that Britain is preparing their army to attack the colonies and that the colonies have attempted to reason with English for 10 + years without results.
What facts does Patrick Henry use to persuade his audience?
100
Information that can be proven true or false, such as a statistic.
What is a fact?
100
Refusing to be affected by something.
What is impervious?
200
Henry David Thoreau chose to live in a cabin near Walden Pond in Massachussettes so that he was away from society.
What is the setting of ¨from Walden, or Life in the Woods¨?
200
14 Line poem divided into an 8 line octet that asks a question and a 6 line sestet that answers the question.
What is a Petrarchan Sonnet?
200
Brief, cleverly worded statements that make wise observations about life, instruct the reader how to solve problems, and inspire the reader.
What are aphorisms?
200
Information that may be biased or subjective.
What is an opinion?
200
Reserved or uncommunicative in speech.
What is taciturn?
300
A man who is outwardly great but rotten inside.
What does the great tree, rotten to the core, symbolize?
300
Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry.
What is meter?
300
Benjamin Franklin suggested perfecting one of the 13 virtues each day by creating a chart to track your performance.
What is the method that Franklin suggests in order to reach moral perfection?
300
Describing on the main ideas from a simple passage.
What is summarizing?
300
Relevant or applicable information.
What is pertinent?
400
The description of Tom Walker´s house increases the feeling of hardship, poverty, and misery.
How does the description of the setting affect the mood of the story ¨The Devil and Tom Walker¨?
400
Many stories were not written since they were oral traditions and the tribes spoke different languages.
Why did scholars have difficulty recognizing the traditions of Native American literature?
400
Thomas Jefferson uses loaded words such as, ¨swarm, harass, and eat out their substance¨ (pg.100) in order to persuade his audeince.
What opinions does Jefferson use to emotionally appeal to his audience?
400
Describing all of the information in your own words because it is a difficult passage.
What is paraphrasing?
400
Responding terse and mean.
What is laconic?
500
Emerson attempted to make nature more vivid, powerful, and easy for the reader to imagine by using this literary device.
Why did Ralph Waldo Emerson chose to utilize imagery in his essay ¨from Nature¨?
500
The author enjoys the challenge and strict structure of a sonnet as well as expressing their ideas in an orderly and clear manner that may entertain the audience.
What is the author´s purpose in writing in the style of a Petrarchan Sonnet?
500
When Jefferson repeats the phrase ¨He has...¨ to emphasize the ways the King has taken away the Colonist´s rights he is utilizing this literary device.
How does Jefferson use the literary device parallelism?
500
Read the poem quickly in order to understand the main idea.
What is the first thing that you do when you read a poem?