Literary elements used in the story
Theme/tone
Background Facts
Rip van winkle
100

What literary element is being used in this quote? "they will gather a hood of gray vapors about their summits," (Irving 8)

Personification 

100

what is Rip Van Wrinkles major theme?

What is freedom?

100

What era was Rip Van Wrinkle written in?

What is the romantics era?

100

How is Rips life different from other households at this time?

What is he is scared of his wife?
200

What literary element is being used in this quote? “Their tempers, doubtless, are rendered pliant and malleable in the fiery furnace of domestic tribulation. “ ( Irving 38)


Metaphor

200

What does the story teach us?

What is we should let go of past problems and move forward?

200

What did the romantics era value the most?

What is nature/the wilderness, man, and sense of self?

200

What does Rips wife do to him?

What is she scolds him?

300

What literary element is being used in this quote? 

“in the last rays of the setting sun, will glow and light up like a crown of glory.” (Irving 45)


Simile 

300

What type of tone is does the author give?

What is a humorous tone?

300

List an example of a symbol in Rip Van Wrinkle?

What is the inn, the drink, the hotel?

300

Name one thing previously listed that Rip was seeking?

What is he seeks acceptance, understanding, and an audience?

400

What literary element is being used in this quote? 

“He was moreover, a kind neighbor, and an obedient, henpecked husband” (Irving 29)


Allusion

400

How do the characters enhance the theme in the story?

What is the characters enhance the theme through their behaviors and emotions?

400

What 2 symbols in the story opposite each other and what do those 2 symbols mean?

What is productive = the hotel, unproductive = the inn?

400

Rip is frustrated because he seeks something but instead finds what?

What is he finds misunderstanding, and a audience full of young people