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18 Cards in this Set
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Romanticism |
artistic movement during this time period that valued feeling and imagination over reason and fact. |
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Transcendentalism |
an intellectual movement founded by Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Direct Characterization |
narrator tells the reader what the character is like |
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Indirect Characterization |
personality traits are revealed through the words, thoughts, and actions of the characters. |
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Omniscient point of view |
narrator knows all the characters thoughts, feelings, and experiences. |
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Characterization |
language author uses to reveal the personality traits of characters. |
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Parable |
a simple usually brief story that teaches a moral lesson |
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Allegory |
a story with both literal and a symbolic meaning. |
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Symbol |
a person, place, or thing that has its own meaning and also represents something larger. |
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Style |
the manner in which a writer puts his or her thoughts into words. |
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Narrative Poetry |
tells a story |
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Dramatic Story |
uses the technique of drama to present the speech of one or more characters |
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Lyric Poetry |
expresses the thoughts and feelings of another speaker |
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Parallelism |
repetition of phrases or sentences with similar structure or meaning |
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Free Verse |
poetry that has an irregular meter and length line |
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Who were the four "Fireside Poets" who were popular in the 1850's? |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow John Greenleaf Whittier James Russell Lowell Oliver Wendell Holmes |
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who founded Transcendentalism? |
Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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List the four characteristics of Gothic style |
story is set in remote or bleak places The plot involves gruesome or violent incidences Characters are in psychological or physical torment A supernatural or other worldly element is often present |
