Emily Dickinson is known for using which type of ponctuation in her poems?
The dash "-"
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What event in U.S. history greatly influenced American Romanticism?
American Revolution and the indepenence of the U.S.
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Why do some question the authenticity of Olaudah Equiano's "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano"
Because some historians question his place of birth, which would mean he did not cross the Atlantic on a slave ship
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Henry David Thoreau was an important author of which sub-genre of the American Romanticism movement?
Transcendentalism
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True or False: in the play "The Crucible", the author starts by showing the girls dancing in the woods.
False. The dancing is only alluded to, but never shown.
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What is the tone in a literary work?
In literature, tone is the attitude or approach that the author takes toward the workโs central theme or subject. It's similar to the mood.
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Define "hyperbole"
Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which an author or speaker purposely and obviously exaggerates to an extreme. "The suitcase weighed a ton"
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Define "fable".
In literature, a fable is a short fictional story that has a moral or teaches a lesson. It uses humanized animals, objects, or parts of nature as main character
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Define "personification"
Personification is a kind of metaphor in which you describe an inanimate object, abstract thing, or non-human animal in human terms.
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Define the "climax" in a plot.
It is the highest point of tension or drama in a narrativesโ plot. Often, it is also when the main conflict of the story is faced and solved by the protagonist
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What word does the Raven repear in Edgar Allan Poe's poem?
Nervermore
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This is a section ot the poem "The Raven". Which two lines consists of internal rhymes?
The first (peering/fearing) and the thrid (unbroken/token)
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Henry David Thoreau wrote a timeless essay called "Civil Disobedience". Define the main idea of Civil Disobedience.
It is the refusal to obey the demands or commands of a government or occupying power, without resorting to violence or active measures of opposition.