Romanticism
This dark romantic wrote many poems and stories, several of which we read in class
Edgar Allen Poe
Pronounce "Transcendentalism" correctly
Transend-dental-ism
Realism was in contrast to what literary movement?
Romanticism
Native Americans created what kind of stories
Creation and Origin stories
What is a simile?
Comparing two unlike things using like or as
A boom in industry lead to many people moving to cities, this theme of romantic literature was a result
Escapism
Transend means...
go beyond what you can see, taste, hear, smell or touch
Realism focused on ___ instead of ____.
Truth, Beauty
How are the Puritans and Pilgrims different
Puritans wanted to stay with the Church of England, Pilgrims wanted to leave it
What is a Onomatopoeia
A word that sounds like the sound it represents
People in romantic literature are similar to the United States because they are both ____ at this time.
Independent
Transcendentalist trusted ___ over ____
instinct over rationality
Realist frequently used this in their writing to make the characters sound realistic.
There is frequent use of colloquial speech.
Common Sense by Thomas Payne urged the colonies to do what?
Fight for a democracy
True or false: This is an example of personification- The frog took a deep breath and stared at the fly.
False
Romantics found beauty and divinity in this place
Nature
What resides inside all people according to the transcendentalist?
Divine Spirit
Why may the reader not trust narrators in realism literature.
Lack of sophistication or lack on sanity
Archetypes are commonly found in this type of literature?
Fiction across many time periods and cultures
Why might an author use a hyperbole?
To emphasize a point
Who was considered a hero in romantic literature?
the common man
In the first line of Ralph Waldo Emerson's Nature Essay, he says he is becoming what?
A Transparent eye-ball
What was the name of the "complex character" we studied in class
Mrs. Mallard
What was a potential punishment for missing church on Sunday if you lived with the puritans?
Death
What is an Alliteration
The repetition of the beginning sound of words