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Literary Movements

Famous Authors

LiteraryDevices

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This mode of thoughtdominates Classical

and Neoclassicalwriting.

Creativity IntuitionReason Emotion

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This unique, Romantic-erapoet was almost entirely

unpublished in her lifetime.

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This device is present when Bryant claims that Nature

“. . . has a voice ofgladness, and a smile.”

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Nature in the classical viewrepresents a set of these:

Which?Symbols Beauties

Laws Mysteries

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Romantics valued thischildish mode of creative thought.

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This author was the father of Transcendentalism and impacted

the careers of Thoreauand Whitman.

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This device is present whenPoe writes, “Brazen bells! /What a tale of terror, now,

their turbulency tells!”

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Walt Whitmanexamined the labors

of this tiny creature andsaw the world from its

perspective.

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This body of works andgroup of Romantic

writers of New Englandqualifies as a literary movement but not as areligion or philosophy.

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He invented the detective storyand even receives credit

for developingthe short story’s form.

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Aside from rhyme,“Baking quick cupcakes took

just two shakes” useswhat sound device?

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This term refers to the effectproduced by great and

frightening objects,often landscapes, thatoverwhelm the viewer.

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This sub-group of the Romanticssaw transcendentalism andsome Romanticism as toopositive and optimistic.

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This author lived alonein the woods in a hand-built cabin.

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The following are examples of what figure of speech?:

“The wheel in the sky keeps on turning.”

“All we are is dust in the wind.”

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While Emerson’s “Self Reliance”focused on the individual’s

practical relationship to society,this other essay found Emerson

“In the woods, … a transparent eyeball …”

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This historical event in Americais closely associated with

the politics of Romanticism.Hint:

freedom; “Beat, Beat, Drums!”

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This author traveled toNew Orleans and decided

to become America’srepresentative poet.

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The “A” sound in “rare and radiant maiden whom the

angels named Lenore” exemplifies thissound device.

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Authors’ Works Poetic Devices 2

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This term refers to an author’sword choice.

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identify the romantic word that fills the blank:

“. . . The raven the beguilingall my ____ into smiling”

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The following uses whatfigure of speech?:

She flipped when I toldher the news.

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This poem features anavian intruder from the

“Night’s Plutonian shore”

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This poet used first personto speak on behalf of all

Americans.

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Whitman catalogues the American workforce

And exclaims, “I Hear This”

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Hyperbole, metaphor, simile,and personification are

all examples of thistype of language.

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This essay argues that individuals must trust

themselves and follow theirown beliefs.

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When the narrator of “The Raven” changes attitudes

toward the bird, this literarydevice is changing.

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“Thanatopsis” promisesthat this will happen to

your physical body onceit is in the ground.

*hints: “send …mould”OR “rude swain . . .”

In “Self Reliance,” Emerson writes, “A foolish consistency

is the hobgoblin of  of little minds, adored by little ______, ______, and ______.”

Name two of the three people/occupations.

FINAL JEOPARDY