SEMESTER REVIEW
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- Define: Assonance
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Repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by a different consonant sound
"Upon what base was fixed the lathe"
"my life and my bride"
bright--eyes, night--tide - Define: Simile
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Comparing two unlike objects using like or as
"approach thy grave like one who wraps the drapery of his couch...and lies down to pleasant dreams."
"upon the bleak walls--upon the vacant eyelike windows" - List qualities of realism/naturalism
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Portrays life objectively=using Huck as a narrator
Presents life as it is="people can be cruel to one another." Mark Twain
"fools is the majority in most towns." Mark Twain - WHY DO BOTH "THANATOPSIS" AND "TO A WATERFOWL" REFLECT BRYANT'S PURITAN BACKGROUND?
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A.BOTH DISPLAY A DEEP CONCERN WITH DEATH
B.BOTH MAKE A MORAL LESSSON EXPLICIT
C.BOTH VIEW LIFE AS A PREPARATION FOR DEATH - "Annabel Lee" expresses Poe's grief over what personal tragedy?
- The death of his wife
- List three facts about J. F. Cooper.
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Father of the American novel--wrote The Leatherstocking Tales
used the American wilderness as settings and Native Americans as characters - List the satirical literature read during the semester.
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"Devil and Tom Walker"
"Battle of the Ants" or "Brute Neighbors"
-The Adventures of Huck Finn - WHAT ARE THE ROMANTIC ASPECTS OF "THE DEERSLAYER"
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A.THE FOREST SETTING IS DESCRIBED AS "THIS TEMPLE OF NATURE"
B.THE ESCAPE SCENE IS SUSPENSEFUL AND ADVENTUROUS
C.THE INTEREST IN THE HURON AND DELAWARE CULTURES - In "To a Waterfowl" Bryant uses what analogy/comparison?
- The bird's journey through the sky is like the poet's own journey through life.
- FROM WHAT DID THE ROMANTICS FEEL THE HUMAN SPIRIT NEEDED TO BE FREED?
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A.THE CALVINISTIC DOGMA OF DPRAVITY
B.THE COMMON SENSE OBSESSION WITH PRACTICAL AFFAIRS
C.THE CRAMPING RATIONALISM AND REASON - List the three Early Romantic or Knickerbocker writers.
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W. Irving
J. F. Cooper
W. C. Bryant -
WHY DOES "THANATOPSIS" DISPLAY THE ROMANTIC STYLE?
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A.IT IS WRITTEN IN BLANK VERSE
B.IT SPEAKS OF DEATH AS A MYSTERIOUOS REALM
C.IT SPEAKS OF COMMUNION WITH NATURE - Poe's horror story "The Fall of the House of Usher" explores what theme?
- fear of madness
- WHICH MEN WERE INVOLVED IN THE INTERNATIONAL SPREAD OF ROMANTICISM?
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A.KANT
B.WORDSWORTH
C.CARLYLE
- The Age of Reason or 18th century classicism emphasized
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social over personal
reason over imagination
common over the individual - WHAT PHRASES GIVE "ANNABEL LEE" AN UNREAL ATMOSPHERE?
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A."KINGDOM BY THE SEA"
B."WITH LOVE THAT WINGED SERAPHS OF HEAVEN COVETED?"
C."DEMONS DOWN UNDER THE SEA" -
Define: Sobriquet
Give examples: -
a descriptive nickname
Hawkeye, Rivenoak, Panther
Old Glory, redcoat, ironhorse,
Briarthorn - WHAT WERE THE TASKS OF THE LITERARY ARTISTS OF THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT?
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A.TO PRESERVE SPIRITUAL AND IMAGINATIVE ATTITUDES
B.TO CREATE A WHOLE NEW VISION OF LIFE AND ART
C.TO DEEPEN THE SHALLOW AND REFINE THE CRUDE - What is the major theme of The Leatherstocking Tales?
- in nature/wilderness humanity can recover the natural virtues that society corrupts
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WHY DID THE ROMANTIC IMPULSE FIND FAVORABLE GROUNDS IN AMERICA?
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A.PATRIOTIC NATIONALISM
B.DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY
C.EMPHASIS ON THE INDIVIDUAL
- In the last two stanzas of "Annabel Lee", Poe asserts that special love is
- stronger than death
- HOW DOES POE ILLUSTRATE THE TIMELESSNESS OF LOVE IN "ANNABEL LEE?"
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A.HE SAYS THE ANGELS ENVY HIS PERFECT LOVE
B.HE SEES THE REMINDERS OF HIS LOVE IN THE MOON AND STARS
C.HE PORTRAYS THAT MEMORIES OF LOVE TRANSCEND DEATH
- List the authors who portrayed the dark side of human nature.
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Herman Melville
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Mark Twain - WHY IS ANNABEL LEE MUCH LIKE A BALLAD?
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A.STRONG, REGULAR RHYTHM
B.SIMPLE SUBJECTS AND IMAGES
C.REPETITION OF KEY WORDS AND PHRASES - What does "Thanatopsis" mean?
- view of death
- WHY IS THE DEERSLAYER A ROMANTIC HERO?
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A.HE IS A WHITE MAN LIVING WITH THE DELAWARE INDIANS
B.HIS NATURAL INSTICTS HELP HIM ESCAPE HIS CAPTORS
C.HIS EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE WINS THE HURON RESPECT -
Define: Circumloction
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the avoidance of mentioning anything distasteful, common place, or technical
pale form for corpse
narrow house for grave site - Define: Alliteration
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Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
"not half so happy in heaven"
"weary, wayworn wanderer"
"hyacinth hairs" - Which statements reflect the romantic philosophy?
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Trust your genius;follow your noble heart.
Realize reality through intuitive perception.
God is in man and nature. - Although poor in quality, why were the early sentimental and Gothic novels important to the Romantic movement?
- They created an appetite for the strange and mysterious forms of writing.
- Who said: "Europe stretches to the Alleghenies; America lies beyond."
- Emerson
- What did Bryant's poems offer his readers?
- spiritual counsel---Communion with nature
- Which allusions to Greek mythology reinforce the separation and return theme in "To Helen"?
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Hyacinth hair
Psyche
Nicean barks (ships) - Why isn't "The Devil and Tom Walker" considered a tragedy?
- Tom is a greedy man who deserves the consequences of his actions.
- What phrases describe the American scene during the early Romantic period (1800-40)?
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Optimistic attitudes
Youthful vigor=our country was young
prosperous growth--immigration - List three facts about E.A. Poe.
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wrote tales of terror
earned a reputation as a magazine critic
invented the American horror and detective story - Why is W. Irving's "The Devil and Tom Walker" considered romanticism?
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The tale refers to a past legend that said Captain Kidd buried stolen treasure.
The tales presents strange,
myterious, supernatural happenings.
The tale uses an American setting and characters. - Historically, what political changes of the 19th century improved the quality of the common person?
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introduction of middle class leadership--Andrew Jackson
extention of voting rights
creation of public school system - Define 1st person narrator?
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The narrator is directly involved in the story.
Look for the pronoun I