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Literary
Movements
Famous
Authors
Poetic
Devices
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This mode of thought
dominates Classical
and Neoclassical
writing.
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This unique, Romantic-era
poet was almost entirely
unpublished in
her lifetime.
1,2
This device is present when
Bryant claims that Nature
“. . . has a voice of
gladness, and a smile.”
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Nature in the classical view
represents a set of these.
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Romantics valued this
childish mode of
creative thought.
2,1
This author was not a Romantic
but did use nature to
support his Puritanical
religious views.
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This device is present when
Poe writes, “Brazen bells! /
What a tale of terror, now,
their turbulency tells!”
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Both Jonathan Edwards
and Walt Whitman
examined the labors
of this creature.
2,4
This body of works and
group of Romantic
writers of New England
qualifies as a literary
movement but not as a
religion or philosophy.
3,1
He invented the detective story
and even receives credit
for developing
the short story’s form.
3,2
Aside from rhyme,
“Baking quick cupcakes took
just two shakes” uses
what sound device?
3,3
(precise word needed)
This natural element allows
Poe’s narrator to “reflect” on
the setting of
The House of Usher.
3,4
This sub-group of the Romantics
saw transcendentalism and
some Romanticism as too
positive and optimistic.
4,1
This author lived alone
in 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.”
4,3
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 America
is closely associated with
the politics of
Romanticism.
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He sang a “song of himself,”
but he also sang those
of everyday Americans.
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The “A” sound in “rare and
radiant maiden whom the
angels named Lenore”
exemplifies this
sound device.
5,3
Bryant’s “Thanatopsis” uses
a stronger “return to the earth”
argument than this Dickinson
poem on the same subject.
5,4
Final Jeopardy: Sound Devices
This six-syllable,
onomatopoeic neologism
created by Poe imitates
the sound of silver bells.
Final
Point of View
Authors’ Works
Poetic
Devices 2
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This point of view is almost
never used in literature.
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This title sarcastically shows
Poe’s critics that he can write
a story with a moral.
1,2
This device is present when
Bryant claims that Nature
“. . . has a voice of
gladness, and a smile.”
1,3
Nature in the classical view
represents a set of these.
1,4
This point of view uses a
character in the story
as the narrator.
2,1
Always cerebral, Dickinson
felt a funeral in this organ.
2,2
This device is present when
Poe writes, “Brazen bells! /
What a tale of terror, now,
their turbulency tells!”
2,3
Both Jonathan Edwards
and Walt Whitman
examined the labors
of this creature.
2,4
When a third person narrator
knows only one character’s
thoughts and basically follows that
character around, we say the
narration is this.
3,1
Whitman catalogues
the American workforce
And exclaims, “I Hear This”
3,2
Aside from rhyme,
“Baking quick cupcakes took
just two shakes” uses
what sound device?
3,3
(precise word needed)
This natural element allows
Poe’s narrator to “reflect” on
the setting of
The House of Usher.
3,4
This point of view reveals
multiple characters’ thoughts
and emotions.
4,1
This essay argues that despite
earthquakes and weather, man
is also a great antagonism to
nature.
4,2
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.”
4,3
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 …”
4,4
A narrator who only relates
facts and does not
suggest opinions or
subjective attitudes has
this tone.
5,1
This poem features an
avian intruder from the
“Night’s Plutonian shore”
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The “A” sound in “rare and
radiant maiden whom the
angels named Lenore”
exemplifies this
sound device.
5,3
Bryant’s “Thanatopsis” uses
a stronger “return to the earth”
argument than this Dickinson
poem on the same subject.
5,4