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Uses conceits and uses intellectual and philosophical
Metaphysical Poetry language. Makes abstract comparisons using conceits.
ie. John Donne.
Clergyman who wrote "Day of Doom" and "Meat out
Michael Wigglesworth of the Eater". He wrote lyrical, theological poems.
Puritan.
the feelings or emotions surrounding a word. (ie.
Connotation
home = pleasant haven)
Phase, image, action, that unifies a work of literature
motif by recurring throughout it. A theme or idea in a work
of art or literature that is developed or repeated.
central idea of a work of literature, general topic or
Theme
subject.
A figure of speech in which one directly addresses an
Apostrophe absent or imaginary person, or some abstraction.
Often used to address deep emotion.
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Transitional poet. Between Enlightenment and the
Romantic age. " "The Wild Honeysuckle". Published
Philip Freneau
National Gazette that promoted anti-federalism.
Considered "the poet of the American Revolution."
novel about lower-class character who triumphs
picaresque through wit instead of hard work. Usually
autobiographical and in the first person.
•French-born American who wrote "Letters from an
American Farmer". First successful American author.
First to examine the idea of the "American Dream" and
attempted to explain what an "American" was.
J. Hector St. John
Crevecoeur Concepts by him that influenced America culture.
• American Adam - uniqueness of new people called
"Americans".
•Melting Pot - America's uniqueness transcends ethnic,
religious, cultural backgrounds.
by Edward Taylor. "Make me, O Lord, thy Spinning
Huswifery
Wheele compleat"
Opposite of B.T. Washington. Black should engage in
higher education. Challenges Washington's inability to
see complete integration in America. Not only work
W.E.B. DuBois
for freedom but demand rights and participation in
office. Disagrees on how "liberation" should be
defined.
Alliteration Repetition of consonant sounds.
A "realistic" writer. Wrote The Red Badge of Courage.
Irony: Henry's only wound comes from retreat, not
Stephen Crane battle.
-Humans are left on this world to fend for themselves
without help from divine creator.
a couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic
Heroic Couplet pentameter (ie. aa, bb, cc) and written in an elevated
style. (tradition of the epic form)
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The use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete
imagery
sensation of a person, thing, place, or experience.
Wrote Preparatory Meditations. God's Determinations
touching His Elect. His work not meant for publication.
Edward Taylor
Uses conceits and unusual images. Inspired
metaphysical poets like Ezra Pound. T.S. Eliot.
One word or phrase is substituted for another with
which is closely associated.
Metonymy "crown → royalty",
"ring →marriage"
"heart→love"
Pecola wants_____________ to be beautiful.
-She is considered a scapegoat because her ugliness
has made the towns people beautiful, her suffering
Bluest Eye
made them feel lucky, her silence, their chatter.
By Toni Morrison.
faking his death.
Huck Finn escaped his End of book: different from classic American success
father by myths. Instead of being free of moral corruption into
wilderness, it is being adopted into moral corruption
away from wilderness.
A transcendentalist Utopian experiment, put into
practice by transcendentalist former Unitarian minister
George Ripley. Emerson declined to live there.
Brook Farm
Hawthorne was there, but wrote a satire about it in
"Blithedale Romance".
Margaret Fuller joined.
wrote The first slave narrative. "Interesting Narrative of
the life of _____________". Powerful abolitionist voice
Olaudah Equiano
against inhumanity. He bought his freedom and
traveled and taught.
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Terms in this set (166)
Uses conceits and uses intellectual and philosophical
Metaphysical Poetry language. Makes abstract comparisons using conceits.
ie. John Donne.
Clergyman who wrote "Day of Doom" and "Meat out
Michael Wigglesworth of the Eater". He wrote lyrical, theological poems.
Puritan.
the feelings or emotions surrounding a word. (ie.
Connotation
home = pleasant haven)
Phase, image, action, that unifies a work of literature
motif by recurring throughout it. A theme or idea in a work
of art or literature that is developed or repeated.
central idea of a work of literature, general topic or
Theme
subject.
A figure of speech in which one directly addresses an
Apostrophe absent or imaginary person, or some abstraction.
Often used to address deep emotion.
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Transitional poet. Between Enlightenment and the
Romantic age. " "The Wild Honeysuckle". Published
Philip Freneau
National Gazette that promoted anti-federalism.
Considered "the poet of the American Revolution."
novel about lower-class character who triumphs
picaresque through wit instead of hard work. Usually
autobiographical and in the first person.
•French-born American who wrote "Letters from an
American Farmer". First successful American author.
First to examine the idea of the "American Dream" and
attempted to explain what an "American" was.
J. Hector St. John
Crevecoeur Concepts by him that influenced America culture.
• American Adam - uniqueness of new people called
"Americans".
•Melting Pot - America's uniqueness transcends ethnic,
religious, cultural backgrounds.
by Edward Taylor. "Make me, O Lord, thy Spinning
Huswifery
Wheele compleat"
Opposite of B.T. Washington. Black should engage in
higher education. Challenges Washington's inability to
see complete integration in America. Not only work
W.E.B. DuBois
for freedom but demand rights and participation in
office. Disagrees on how "liberation" should be
defined.
Alliteration Repetition of consonant sounds.
A "realistic" writer. Wrote The Red Badge of Courage.
Irony: Henry's only wound comes from retreat, not
Stephen Crane battle.
-Humans are left on this world to fend for themselves
without help from divine creator.
a couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic
Heroic Couplet pentameter (ie. aa, bb, cc) and written in an elevated
style. (tradition of the epic form)
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The use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete
imagery
sensation of a person, thing, place, or experience.
Wrote Preparatory Meditations. God's Determinations
touching His Elect. His work not meant for publication.
Edward Taylor
Uses conceits and unusual images. Inspired
metaphysical poets like Ezra Pound. T.S. Eliot.
One word or phrase is substituted for another with
which is closely associated.
Metonymy "crown → royalty",
"ring →marriage"
"heart→love"
Pecola wants_____________ to be beautiful.
-She is considered a scapegoat because her ugliness
has made the towns people beautiful, her suffering
Bluest Eye
made them feel lucky, her silence, their chatter.
By Toni Morrison.
faking his death.
Huck Finn escaped his End of book: different from classic American success
father by myths. Instead of being free of moral corruption into
wilderness, it is being adopted into moral corruption
away from wilderness.
A transcendentalist Utopian experiment, put into
practice by transcendentalist former Unitarian minister
George Ripley. Emerson declined to live there.
Brook Farm
Hawthorne was there, but wrote a satire about it in
"Blithedale Romance".
Margaret Fuller joined.
wrote The first slave narrative. "Interesting Narrative of
the life of _____________". Powerful abolitionist voice
Olaudah Equiano
against inhumanity. He bought his freedom and
traveled and taught.
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