2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt 2pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt Lit Terms ISMs Free Verse Techniques PuritansRationalism
An extended metaphor
What is a conceit?
When readers know something that other characters are unaware of
What is a dramatic irony?
When the last thing you can imagine happens, or when the opposite of what you expect happens
What is an situational irony?
Telling someone who hasn’t brushed his teeth that he smells like roses is an example of this
What is verbal irony?
This brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life
What is an aphorism?
In this type of writing detail in dialect is very important
What is Regionalism?
A style of writing from the 19th century, that attempts to depict life accurately without idealizing or romanticizing
What is Realism?
Mark Twain wrote Regional works which are a subset of this type of literature
What is Realism?
Those who do not rely on authority of the past, church, or intuition would follow this ___ism.
What is Rationalism?
The way that the rationalists viewed God- He let the gears run themselves
What is a Clockmaker?
The use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person, place, or thing
What is imagery?
Metaphor, Simile, Hyperbole are examples of these which are not meant to be taken literally
What are figures of speech?
Susie sells sea shells down by the seashore
What is alliteration?
Mop! Bam! Boom!!!
What is onomatopoeia?
She wrote about her captivity among the Wampanoag natives
Who is Mary Rowlandson?
“All men are wicked and marred by sin” is this tenet of Puritan thought
What is Total Depravity
Once elected by God people know of their own salvations and come to know Christ
What is Irresistible Grace?
William Bradford wrote about Founding this famous settlement
What is Plymouth?
In Anne Bradstreet’s poem “Upon the Burning of our House” this technique is used to meet demands of meter or rhyme
What is inversion?
Benjamin Bannaker and Elizabeth Cady Stanton both wrote pieces questioning this man’s famous writing
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
“Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation” is this virtue as described by Franklin
What is temperance?
Mr. Jefferson built Monticello, established The University of Virginia, and still had time to write this famous government document
What is The Declaration of Independence?
Jefferson used this technique in his writing. It focuses on repetition of sentences, clauses, or phrases
What is parallel structure?
This man is famous for striving for Moral Perfection
Who is Ben Franklin?