Thoreau Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

We investigated the etymology of the word wilderness, which literally means: - correct answer -place of wild beasts For the most part, early European settlers to the "New World" thought of wilderness and nature as: - correct answer -A threat to their survival After gaining independence from Great Britain, Americans had difficulty identifying with which element of being independent? - correct answer -Deciding what it really meant to be American Thoreau and Emerson are considered Americ...

Puritan - ️️Most of this is histories, journals, personal poems, sermons, and diaries. Most of this literature is either utilitarian, very personal, or religious. Jonathan Edwards continues to be recognized from this period. Enlightenment - () - ️️This period was influenced by science and logic and is marked in US literature by political writings. Genres included political documents, speeches, and letters. Benjamin Franklin is typical of this period. There is a lack of emphasis and de...

Regular Present Participle The verb "greasing" is an example of which of the following? Irregular past Regular present participle Irregular past participle Regular past participle Inferences Just as we analyze other types of fiction, we can analyze poetry. We can find explicit and implicit evidence in the poem. We can draw ______________________________from the writer's word choice and the form the writer uses. fiction biographies inferences similar characters Step...

Language that is being spoken to a person is called _____________ language. - receptive Language that expresses thoughts and feelings to others is called ________________ language. - expressive stressed, unstressed, unstressed - dactylic stressed, stressed - spondee stressed, unstressed - trochaic unstressed, stressed - iambic unstressed, unstressed, stressed - anapestic The __________ English literary time period lasted from . Writers of this time: Charles Dickens, Robe...

icon correct answers resembling or imitating the signified (trash icon) Index correct answers Common sense connection. (90 degree thermometer=hot) symbol correct answers 100% needs to be learned. (Elephant=political party) Denotation correct answers The dictionary definition of a word Connotation correct answers All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests Color/Hue correct answers determined by the length of the wave color value correct answers The lightnes...

RMP 511 Exam 1The first Puritans to arrive on what is now American soil thought of wilderness and nature as - correct answer A threat to their survival Wilderness played a major role in the creation of a unique American identity, why? - correct answer It became a cultural asset By the end of the 19th Century, American wilderness gradually became what to Europe's culturally advanced societies? - correct answer Something they envied The etymology of the word "wilderness" can be interpr...

RMP 511 Mid Term ExamWilderness Act created in what year? - correct answer 1964 "W" stands for, "w" stands for? - correct answer "W"-designated wilderness/ "w-idea of wilderness First National Park? - correct answer Yellowstone Second National Park? - correct answer Yosemite First State Park? - correct answer Niagara Falls First State park east of Mississippi? - correct answer Acadia Bob Marshall? - correct answer Started Wilderness Society Aldo Leopold? - correct ans...

Midterm (Coulter POLS 101) Latest 2024 Graded A+ Politics A process among communities where public values are debated and described, diverse political actors cooperate and struggle for power to satisfy basic needs, protect interest, and obtain desires, and policy judgements are made and implemented Political Actors Participants in politics, voters, contributors, and officials Why is politics like a game? Written and unwritten rules, an objective, strategy, winners and losers Wi...

APUSH AMSCO 10-12 Latest 2023 Already Passed As described in the excerpt, which individual or body makes the final decision on whether a law is valid is a state? States Van Buren believed that the strength of the American economy was farmers and planters. Which of the following was the immediate cause of the publication of the statement in this excerpt? An increase in the tariff passed by Congress. President Jackson's veto of the Bank bill would contribute most significantly to a financial ...

Syntax Syntax refers to the sentence patterns and structures, or the grammar of language. Many ELL writers have trouble with English syntax. Semantics Meaning elements of language. Orthography Orthography is the term used for a system of written language. Portfolios A literacy portfolio shows student progress over time. It might include: samples of daily work, a chart of reading rates from several grades, journal entries by student or teacher, test results and benchmark inventories. Emer...