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| The envisioning of things as they should be or are wished to be rather than as they are. |
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| Romanticism was an intellectural movement that began and flourished in Europe during the 18th and 19th Centuries. Romantic figures cherish nature, emotion, uniqueness, and the power of individual perception. Romantics distrust society and government; they see themselves as outcasts, alienates, and isolated |
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a. focused on character sketches, slave narratives, poetry, and short stories
b. values feeling and intuition over reason
c. journey away from corruption of civilization toward nature and freedom of imagination
d. proper gender roles for men and women
e. reshaped America past
f. 1800-1860 |
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a. Transcendentalism was an American movement that flourished from the mid 1830s until the mid 1840s. Transcendentalism was based in New England.
b. They believed that intuition and the individual conscience could “transcend” experience and thus are better guides to permanent truths rather than logic and the senses.
c. Trans. thinkers valued and respected the individual spirit, the natural world, the Omnipotence (God) whom they considered was present everywhere.
d. The belief that the Omnipotence (God/higher force) is everywhere evidences influence by Hindu religion and thought. |
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a. 16th and 17th Century
b. Non-separatists: believed that they were responsible for “purifying” the Christian church through the example they live in America
c. (the separatists were the Pilgrims)
d. Bible was the undisputable Word of God
e. Predestination: man’s fate is already decided
f. Conversion experience necessary for real demonstration of belief
g. Religious beliefs dictate secular law |
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a. Paranoia over Communism
b. House of Un-American Activities Committee in 1938
c. McCarthy claimed that 205 communists had infiltrated the U.S. government, and he had the list
d. Blacklisting: effected writers, Hollywood, passports were taken, jail time given
e. Ended in 1954, McCarthy is removed from power |
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| using the similar forms of nouns, verbs, phrases, or thoughts |
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| a short memorable statement to illustrate a commonly held belief |
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| the regular repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases |
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| a series in which the conjunctions are removed to speed up the phrase (“veni, vidi, vici” “I came, I saw, I conquered”) |
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| the repetition of a phrase at the end of successive sentences |
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| comparison of two unlike objects connected with terms like like or as |
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| comparison of two unlike objects |
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| talking around a subject or word: instead of saying car, say heap of junk |
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| abutting two things to create an effect, reveal an attitude, or accomplish some other purpose |
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| language that is overly rhetorical or pompous for its context. Think of graduation speeches. People who use bombast are frequently pedantic (show-offs and ostentatious) |
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| an unintentional misuse of a word that resembles the word intended “The girl used a fire distinguisher to put out the fire |
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| diction that us ordinary folks use, especially in a specific reason (great in creative pieces, but doesn’t work well for analysis or formal essays, as he phrases are not universally known) “She’s into a lot of modern art.” “Do you want some pop?” |
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| the juxtaposition of two contrasting ideas in a balanced form: “To err is human, to forgive divine.” |
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| 1. a long sentence that starts with the main clause and then is followed by many dependent clauses and modifying phrases: “The child ran, frenzied and ignoring all hazards, as if being chased by demons.” |
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| Periodic Sentence (Period) |
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| A long sentence in which the main clause is not complete until the end: “The child, who looked as if she were being chased by demons, frenzied and ignoring all hazards, ran.” |
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| narrator whose description of events should not be trusted |
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| a story in which the main character comes to moral maturity |
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a. of noble or upperclass birth
b. leads the reader to a feeling of catharsis
c. leads to the downfall of many
d. fatal flaw |
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