What is the name of the disease that many of Poe's loved ones died from?
What is tuberculosis?
100
This philosophical movement, which preceded Romanticism, emphasized reason, restraint, logic, and the values of ancient times (Jefferson, Patrick Henry, etc.)
What is neoclassicism?
100
This is Tom's main motivation throughout the whole story.
What is a greed?
100
Thomas Jefferson and the other colonists considered King George III to be this.
What is a tyrant?
100
The two main speech tactics Henry relied on throughout his speech.
What are logic and rhetoric?
200
Poe is credited with inventing this kind of story.
What is mystery/detective?
200
This characteristic of American Romanticism was a direct backlash against neoclassical reason.
What is imagination?
200
The devil and Tom make a deal in which Tom agrees to eventually give up what?
What is his soul?
200
The Dec. is made up of this many parts.
What is four?
200
The name of the place where Henry gave his speech.
What is St. John's Church in Richmond, VA?
300
What type of horror is worse than physical pain in Poe's stories?
What is psychological/emotional?
300
These are two of the 5 "I's" of Romanticism
What are imagination, intuition, idealism, inspiration, individuality?
300
The Devil shows Tom these objects, which represent the immoral town leaders, at their first meeting -- Tom eventually becomes one himself!
What are rotten oak trees?
300
This ist is the longest part of the Declaration.
What is the list of grievances/offenses against the colonists?
300
What is the speaking device called where you pose a question without expecting an answer?
What is a rhetorical question?
400
The poetic element where vowel sounds are repeated in the same line in order to achieve unity/rhythm.
What is assonance?
400
These are two of the 5 "I's" of Romanticism.
What are individuality, imagination, intuition, idealism, and inspiration?
400
"The Devil and Tom Walker" is classified as this kind of literature.
What is a tall tale?
400
The second part of the Dec. (the introduction) is made up of these three things: human rights, the social contract, and this special right.
What is the right to revolt?
400
This is just one example of Henry's use of logic in the speech.
What is...
500
The literary term for when an outside force swoops in and solves an impossible problem in a very unlikely way.
What is Deus ex Machina (god of the machine)?
500
Three of the Romantic poets we studied this year.
Who are Bryant, Holmes, Lowell, Poe, Irving...
500
Tall tales are funny stories that contain lots of this.
What are exaggerations?
500
"These United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, _____ and ___________ states."