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Literary Movements Famous Authors Literary Devices Back to Nature

Row 1, Col 1 This mode of thought dominates Classical and Neoclassical writing. CreativityIntuition ReasonEmotion

1,2 This unique, Romantic-era poet was almost entirely unpublished in her lifetime.

1,3 This device is present when Bryant claims that Nature “... has a voice of gladness, and a smile.”

1,4 Nature in the classical view represents a set of these: Which? SymbolsBeauties LawsMysteries

2,1 Romantics valued this childish mode of creative thought.

2,2 This author was the father of Transcendentalism and impacted the careers of Thoreau and Whitman.

2,3 This device is present when Poe writes, “Brazen bells! / What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells!”

2,4 Walt Whitman examined the labors of this tiny creature and saw the world from its perspective.

3,1 This body of works and group of Romantic writers of New England qualifies as a literary movement but not as a religion or philosophy.

3,2 He invented the detective story and even receives credit for developing the short story’s form.

3,3 Aside from rhyme, “Baking quick cupcakes took just two shakes” uses what sound device?

3,4 This term refers to the effect produced by great and frightening objects, often landscapes, that overwhelm the viewer.

4,1 This sub-group of the Romantics saw transcendentalism and some Romanticism as too positive and optimistic.

4,2 This author lived alone in the woods in a hand-built cabin.

4,3 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.”

4,4 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 …”

5,1 This historical event in America is closely associated with the politics of Romanticism. Hint: freedom; “Beat, Beat, Drums!”

5,2 This author traveled to New Orleans and decided to become America’s representative poet.

5,3 The “A” sound in “rare and radiant maiden whom the angels named Lenore” exemplifies this sound device.

Literary Devices (2) Authors’ Works Poetic Devices 2 Back to Nature

Row 1, Col 1 This term refers to an author’s word choice.

1,2 identify the romantic word that fills the blank: “... The raven the beguiling all my ____ into smiling”

2,1 The following uses what figure of speech?: She flipped when I told her the news.

2,2 This poem features an avian intruder from the “Night’s Plutonian shore”

3,1 This poet used first person to speak on behalf of all Americans.

3,2 Whitman catalogues the American workforce And exclaims, “I Hear This”

4,1 Hyperbole, metaphor, simile, and personification are all examples of this type of language.

4,2 This essay argues that individuals must trust themselves and follow their own beliefs.

5,1 When the narrator of “The Raven” changes attitudes toward the bird, this literary device is changing.

5,2 “Thanatopsis” promises that this will happen to your physical body once it is in the ground. *hints: “send …mould” OR “rude swain...”

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