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American EOCT
Ms. Robbins' American Lit EOCT
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Native Americans | Pre-1600s |
| Origin Myth | Explained the origin of a natural occurrence |
| Symbol | The use of something to represent something other than what it is |
| Native American Myth Example | Earth on Turtle's Back |
| Puritans | Mid 1600s to Mid 1700s |
| Separatists | Puritans wanted their religions separate from the Church of England |
| Puritan Beliefs | God is in all things, He should be praised always, humans are full of sin |
| Puritan Plain Style | Used to describe plain aspects of Puritan work, dress, and writing (words chosen specifically and sparingly) |
| Jonathan Edwards' "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" | Sermon about the sinfulness of man |
| Sermon | Speech, often religious in nature, used to impart a message |
| Direct address | Speaking directly to the audience |
| Ann Bradstreet's "To My Dear and Loving Husband" | Poem praising the plain and faithful life of a Puritan woman |
| Imagery | Words that evoke the five senses |
| Edward Taylor's "Huswifery" | Poem comparing a man and his faithfulness to the Lord and a spinning wheel making cloth |
| Conceit | Extended metaphor |
| Revolutionary | Early 1700s - Late 1700s |
| Persuasive writing | Writing to convince or persuade others to support something |
| The Age of Reason/Enlightenment | Other name for Revolutionary time period; use of thought and common sense to provoke change |
| Thomas Jefferson's "The Declaration of Independence" | Document stating the assumed independence of the United States |
| Non-fiction | Prose literature based in truth |
| Fiction | Prose literature not based in truth |
| Biography | The story of a person's life written by someone else |
| Autobiography | The story of a person's life written by that person |
| Phyllis Wheatley's "To His Excellency General Washington" | Poem written by a freed slave praising the first president of the United States |
| Poetry | Non-prose writing usually having rhyme and meter |
| Thomas Paine's "The Crisis" | Pamplets written to encourage change and support of the war |
| Allegory | A short story with a message |
| Ethos | The use of credibility or ethics |
| Logos | The use of logic or data |
| Pathos | The use of emotion |
| Patrick Henry's "Speech in the Virginia Convention" | Speech given to persuade the colonies to fight in the Revolutionary War, closing with "Give me liberty, or give me death!" |
| Oratory | The art of public speaking |
| Romanticism | 1800 - 1870 |
| Values of the Romantics | Emotion, imagination, the individual, God, and nature |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Paul Revere's Ride" | Poem detailing the heroic ride of Paul Revere to warn the American people and stop the British troops |
| Archetype | A universal figure or symbol, like a hero |
| William Cullen Bryant's "Thanatopsis" | "A Meditation upon Death." Poem discussing our place in life and how all are made equal after death |
| Alliteration | Words begin with the same sound |
| Assonance | Words contain the same vowel sound |
| Consonance | Words contain the same middle or ending consonant sound |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes' "Old Ironsides" | Poem praising a distinguished war ship that survived many battles |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes' "The Chambered Nautilus" | Poem using a shell as a metaphor for growing through life and accomplishing goals |
| Personification | Giving human characteristics to non human things |
| Metaphor | Comparison without using 'like' or 'as' |
| Simile | Comparison using 'like' or 'as' |
| Dark Romanticism | Subset of Romanticism Also called the Gothic movement |
| Values of the Dark Romantics | Dark emotions, supernatural imagination, isolated settings |
| Edgar Allan Poe | Leader of the Dark Romantics; themes of death, madness, and destruction |
| Transcendentalism | 1830-1850 |
| "Transcend" | To rise above |
| Values of Transcendentalists | Believed the world was corrupt and people needed to rise above this Environmentalism, social reform, abolition of slavery Belief in the Oversoul Nature as a place of spirituality |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Self Reliance" | Sermon about how people should rely only upon themselves and never imitate |
| Intuition | Gut feeling |
| Henry David Thoreau's "Walden" | Text suggesting that people leave civilization and live in the woods to become one with God and nature and appreciate all we have |
| Realism | 1865 - 1910 |
| Goals of Realism | Attempted to portray "real life" through details, middle-class characters, and natural speech |
| Vernacular | Speech used by a specific group or region |
| Stream of Consciousness | Words flow without any specific goal or focal point; intended to mimic a character's thought process |
| Ambrose Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" | Short story using stream of consciousness to show the thoughts of a dying man |
| Regionalism | Subset of realism Focuses on specific regions of the United States and shows their culture, language, feelings, and customs |
| Mark Twain | Father of Regionalism Writings centered around the rural south and Mississippi river, heavy use of vernacular |
| Kate Chopin | Writings centered around Louisiana, focusing on the suffragist movement |
| Suffragism | The struggle of women to obtain equal rights |
| Slave Narrative | Writing from the point of view of a slave, often written by freed or former slaves Used by abolitionists to promote the abolition of slavery |
| Frederick Douglass | Autobiographical writer intended to inform the reader of what his struggle was like as a slave |
| Spirituals | Allegorical songs sung by slaves Often contain Biblical illusions or hidden messages |
| Allusion | Reference to something famous |
| Mood | The feeling a story promotes in a reader |
| Tone | The feeling an author has for their subject |
| Diction | Word choice |
| Theme | The message or insight into life a story gives |
| Author's purpose | The reason an author writes a piece of literature |
| Situational irony | Something happens that is the complete opposite of what was expected |
| Dramatic irony | The audience knows something a character does not |
| Conflict | The problem a character faces |
| Man vs. Man | Two characters face off against each other |
| Man vs. Self | A character must battle his own thoughts and decisions |
| Man vs. Society | A character must battle something intangible, like poverty |
| Man vs. Nature | A character must overcome a natural force like a storm or animal |
| Refrain | A repeated phrase (EX: Chorus or hook) |
| Epistle | A letter |
| Frame narrative | A story within a story |
| Flashback | Going to a scene earlier in or before the events of a story |
| Foreshadowing | Hinting at events that have yet to happen |
| Drama | Writing meant to be performed by actors |
| Tragedy | A drama that ends unhappily |
| Comedy | A drama that ends happily |
| Stage directions | Unspoken words that tell actors how to perform on the stage |
| Dialogue | Words spoken between two or more characters |
| Monologue | A long speech given by one character to others |
| Soliloquy | A long speech given by one character alone on the stage, often about inner thoughts |
| Aside | A short speech given by one character directly to the audience |
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