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Romantic Era Facts
Romantic Authors
Literary Devices
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Miscellaneous Romanticism
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This is the country where Romanticism originally began
What is France
100
This author is known for his dark and creepy writings, he is also credited with writing the first modern mysteries.
Who is Edgar Allen Poe
100
This is when several words in a row begin with the same letter.
What is Alliteration
100
This is a short story where a man's conscience leads him to condemn himself.
What is The Tell-Tale Heart?
100
This author was made an orphan when he was a very young child.
Who is Edgar Allen Poe
200
This is the historical event which inspired the Romantic Era
What is The French Revolution
200
This author is known as the original American Romantic Author.
Who is Washington Irving
200
When an author uses descriptive language that helps the reader truly feel like they are experiencing what the author is writing about.
What is imagery
200
This is a story in which a man's greed leads to his eventual downfall.
What is The Devil and Tom Walker
200
This author was the first to write fiction and entertainment literature instead of informational texts in the US
Who is Washington Irving
300
This is when the Romantic era took place in America
What is 1810-1850
300
These authors were the first widely read-for-entertainment authors in American history
Who are the Fireside Poets
300
This is what an author uses to build interest and anticipation in a reader
What is suspense
300
This is a poem in which the author uses meter to help the reader understand the theme of the poem
What is The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls
300
The romantic era effected all of these different art forms
What are literature, art and music
400
Supernatural, gothic, nature, chivalry, true emotions
What are the topics of Romantic literature?
400
This author wrote about death being a natural part of the human experience and something that we should accept and not be afraid of. He wrote that death should be viewed as becoming a part of nature like all of those who lived before us.
Who is William Cullen Bryant
400
When an author gives human qualities to an inanimate object.
What is personification
400
This is a poem in which the author uses repetition of a single word in each stanza in order to build suspense and convey the theme of the poem.
What is The Raven
400
This is a symbol often used to represent death in literature
What is a Raven
500
This theme was common both in Puritan and Romantic literature.
What is the supernatural
500
This Romantic author wrote that the earth and life continues moving on after you die, just they way it was before you lived.
Who is Henry Wadsworth longfellow
500
This is the name for sections of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
What is an iamb
500
This is a literary work in which the author compares nature to a woman who comforts us throughout life and welcomes us to be with her in our death.
What is Thanatopsis
500
These are the five "I"s of Romanticism
What are Imagination, Intuition, Idealism, Individuality and Inspiration