English Exam Chapter 2 – Flashcards
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Encouraging people to be true to themselves, to be in touch with nature, and to be morally grounded is the philosophy behind TRANSCENDENTAL MOVEMENT.
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During the early stages of the American democracy, literature reflected the people's voice in its quest for individual opportunity.
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Cinderella is an archetype of the damsel in distress.
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Stories that pass from generation to generation and teach a moral lesson are called folktales.
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The moral lesson in "The Devil and Tom Walker" by Washington Irving is Greed does not pay.
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The word ominous means: giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening.
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In "The Masque of the Red Death" the symbolism of the seven rooms in the palace symbolize the stages of life.
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"Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string." This is a quote from "Self-Reliance" which reveals the author's main point.
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When making a statement about a text, you should support it with evidence from the text.
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Henry David Thoreau's "Walden" illustrates Thoreau's passion for nature and simplicity.
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The tones in Thoreau's writing of "Walden" and E.B. White's writing of "Walden" are different because E.B. White has a more lighthearted, less serious, tone and Thoreau has a very serious tone.
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The romantic movement in the late 1800's was an artistic movement that encouraged imagination and individualism.
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Walt Whitman creates a sense of urgency in the poem "Beat! Beat! Drums!" by using repetition, punctuation, and onomatopoeia.
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In Emily Dickinson's "Because I could not stop for death," the carriage ride symbolizes the journey toward death.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's story "The Minister's Black Veil" illustrates his antitranscendental belief that all people have a dark and evil side.
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The lesson that the parable, "The Minister's Black Veil," teaches is to judge yourself before judging others.
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The black veil in "The Minister's Black Veil" represents a secret sin.
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The way that Sojourner Truth creates a passionate and inspiring tone in her speech tot he Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio is by using repetition on "Ain't I a woman??"
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"My Bondage and My Freedom" and "Ain't I a Woman?" both communicate the theme of equality.
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The diction in "Ain't I a Woman?" is written in an informal manner.
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The most accurate statement about American writers from 1800-1865 would be as the first generation to come of age with the ideas and values of a free country, their work mirrors the young nation's spirit of adventure and freedom and pushes for individual liberty and opportunity.
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The abolitionist movement was influenced by Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth.
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During the Trail of Tears four Native American nations were forcibly removed from their lands.
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Washington Irving's writing is described as being dark, spooky, and romantic.
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Washington Irving's "The Devil and Tom Walker" is a folktale-based plot that has been retold many times.
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In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death," Poe uses the clock to symbolize the passage of time as a way to foreshadow the inevitability of death.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson's philosophy was that God in inside each of us and in nature, and we should act in a way that honors ourselves and God.
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The excerpt, "on the side of a mountain, its bottom far above the surface of other lakes, and , as the sun arose, I saw it throwing off its nightly clothing of mist..." from Henry David Thoreau's "Walden" illustrates his high regard for nature.
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In the poem "A Psalm of Life" written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow the use of rhyme and rhythm indicate that this is a lyric poem.
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The technique that Walt Whitman uses in the poem "Beat! Beat! Drums!" is anaphora.
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In the story "The Minister's Black Veil," Nathaniel Hawthorne develops the themes of isolation and intolerance.
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The genre in Frederick Douglass' "My Bondage and My Freedom" is an autobiography.
