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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"

Compare biographies and autobiographis

When a person writes his/her own life story, it is an autobiography. When an author writes a book about another person’s life, it is a biiography

Explain what is the climax of "The Crucible".

It's the moment John Proctor admits his adultery to the court in Salem, which was his main conflict in the whole story.

Explain why the Puritans came to America

They came to America to find a place to practice their religion freely

Identify the 4 main types of conflicts and which one is the main one in "Moby Dick"

The types of conflict: man vrs self; man vrs man; man vs society; man vrs nature. "Moby Dick"'s main conflict is man brs nature, against the whale.

In the second line of the poem "Beat! Breat! Drums!", by Walt Whitman, can see which literary devices of repetition of sounds?

It's assonance, the repetition of same or similar vowel sounds. In this case, it's the "o" sound (through/door) and the "u" sound (burst/ruthless)

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

Identify the difference between a metaphor and a simile.

In the image

Define "personification"

Personification is a kind of metaphor in which you describe an inanimate object, abstract thing, or non-human animal in human terms.

Define the "climax" in a plot.

It is the highest point of tension or drama in a narratives’ plot. Often, it is also when the main conflict of the story is faced and solved by the protagonist

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.

Edgar Allan Poe was an important author of which sub-genre of the American Romanticism movement?

Gothic

Henry David Thoreau was an important author of which sub-genre of the American Romanticism movement?

Transcendentalism

Identify the literary device used to describe the path in "Jurrasic Park". The author is evoking a visual and auditory ________ in this excerpt.

imagery

Define "onomatopoeia".

Onomatopoeia (pronounced ˌ’AH-nuh-mah-tuh-PEE-uh’) refers to words whose pronunciations imitate the sounds they describe. "Woof" is an onomatopoeia a dog's bark

Define "allusion".

Allusion is basically a reference to something else. It’s when a writer mentions some other work, or refers to an earlier part of the current work

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)

This is a section ot the poem "The Raven". What literary device of repetition can you identify in the second line?

Alliteration

This is a section ot the poem "The Raven". What literary device of repetition can you identify in the second line?

Alliteration

Emily Dickinson is known for using which type of ponctuation in her poems?

The dash "-"

What is a "trickster"?

A "trickster" is a person who cheats or deceives people. We saw Coyote as a trickster in the Native American fable.

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.

What event in U.S. history greatly influenced American Romanticism?

American Revolution and the indepenence of the U.S.

Who is considered the primary author of the "Declaration of Independence"?

Thomas Jefferson

American Romanticism incorporated a lot from British Romanticism. What were the particular characteristics of the American movement?

U.S. values and cultural traits, U.S. landscape, which was much more vast than British, and ideals of democracy and freedom.

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

What is the tone in a literary work?

In literature, tone is the attitude or approach that the author takes toward the work’s central theme or subject. It's similar to the mood.

What word does the Raven repear in Edgar Allan Poe's poem?

Nervermore

Which figure of speech consists of repetition?

a. assonance