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English 1125 Flashcards

1
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The dates of the Expansion Period are:

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1816-1850

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2
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What was the new literary style of the Expansion Period?

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romanticism

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3
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What was the new philosophy followed by some?

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Transcendentalism

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How did Mr. Hawthorne’s philosophy of life differ from the transcendentalists?

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He recognized the depravity of man

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5
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What book greatly influenced Mr. Hawthorne as a youth?

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Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan

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6
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Define a satire:

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a writing that attacks or ridicules something

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7
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What literary work ridiculed modern, liberal religious practices and transcendentalism?

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A Celestial Railroad

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8
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Define an allegory:

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A story with an underlying meaning different from the surface meaning

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9
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Name a literary work that is both satire and an allegory

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The Celestial Railroad

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10
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List four works of Nathaniel Hawthorne

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  1. The Celestial Railroad
  2. Twice-Told Tales
  3. The Scarlet Letter
  4. The House of the Seven Gables
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What is the title of a more modern version of Pilgrim’s journey toward the Celestial City?

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The Celestial Railroad

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12
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What is the name of the paper money used in Vanity Fair?

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Conscience

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13
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Pilgrim’s burden rolled away at Calvary, but where is the traveller’s burden? What will happen to it at the end of the trip?

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in the baggage car; He’ll get it back

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14
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What is Mr. Smooth-it-away’s explanation for Hell?

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the crater of a half-extinct volcano

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15
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_____ had the shortest life span of all the writers of the Expansion Period

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Edgar Allan Poe

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16
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____ had the longest life span

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Oliver Wendell Holmes

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17
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_____ was the most popular poet of the Expansion Period

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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18
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and James Russell Lowell were known as the _____

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Cambride Poets

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19
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The two basic kinds of poetry are ____ and ____ poetry

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narrative; lyrical

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20
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Narrative poetry ____, and ____ poetry appeals _____

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tells a story; Lyrical; to the emotions

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A ____ is a narrative poem that tells a well-known story in verse form

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ballad

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22
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The national tragedy to which Henry Wadsworth Longfellow referred to in “Stanzas on Freedom” was the issue of ____

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slavery

23
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An ____ shows resemblances between two very different things

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analogy

24
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_____, a poem about the ship COnstitution, was the first poem for which Oliver Wendell Holmes gained recognition

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Old Ironsides

25
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MATCH THE POET

“Christmas Bells”

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

26
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MATCH THE POET

The Biglow Papers

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James Russell Lowell

27
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MATCH THE POET

“Paul Revere’s Ride”

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

28
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MATCH THE POET

The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table

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Oliver Wendell Holmes

29
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MATCH THE POET

“Old Ironsides”

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Oliver Wendell Holmes

30
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MATCH THE POET

“A Psalm of Life”

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

31
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MATCH THE POET

“A Hymn of Trust”

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Oliver Wendell Holmes

32
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MATCH THE POET

A Fable for Critics

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James Russell Lowell

33
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MATCH THE POET

“Stanzas on Freedom”

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James Russell Lowell

34
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MATCH THE POET

“The Building of the Ship”

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

35
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WRITE THE NAME OF THE POEM FROM WHICH EACH QUOTE IS TAKEN

One, if by land, and two, if by sea;
And I on the opposite shore will be,

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“Paul Revere’s Ride”

36
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WRITE THE NAME OF THE POEM FROM WHICH EACH QUOTE IS TAKEN

Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State!
Sail on, O UNION, strong and great!

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“The Building of the Ship”

37
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WRITE THE NAME OF THE POEM FROM WHICH EACH QUOTE IS TAKEN

Content to suffer while we know,
Living and dying, thou art near!

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“A Hymn of Trust”`

38
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WRITE THE NAME OF THE POEM FROM WHICH EACH QUOTE IS TAKEN

Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!

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“A Psalm of Life”

39
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WRITE THE NAME OF THE POEM FROM WHICH EACH QUOTE IS TAKEN

“The Wrong shall fail,
The Right prevail,
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!”

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“Christmas Bells”

40
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WRITE THE NAME OF THE POEM FROM WHICH EACH QUOTE IS TAKEN

Life is real! Life is earnest!

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“A Psalm of Life”

41
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WRITE THE NAME OF THE POEM FROM WHICH EACH QUOTE IS TAKEN

Ay, tear her tattered ensign down!

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“Old Ironsides”

42
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WRITE THE NAME OF THE POEM FROM WHICH EACH QUOTE IS TAKEN

The meteor of the ocean air
Shall sweep the clouds no more.

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“Old Ironsides”

43
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WRITE THE NAME OF THE POEM FROM WHICH EACH QUOTE IS TAKEN

Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait

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“A Psalm of Life”

44
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Adjectives are words that modify ____ and tell ____

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nouns and pronouns; what kind, which one, how many, or whose

45
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Adverbs are words that modify _____ and answer _____

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words, adjectives, and other adverbs; how, when, where, to what extent, how much, or why

46
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The four classifications of adjectives are: ____ adjective, ____ adjective, ____ adjective, and an adjective as an _____

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attributive; appositive; predicate; objective complement

47
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A _____ follows a linking verb and modifies the subject

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predicate adjective

48
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An adjectival objective complement follows and modifies ____

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the direct object

49
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____ strengthen and weaken adjectives or adverbs

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Intensifiers

50
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The three degrees of comparison of adjectives and adverbs are: ____, ____, and ____

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positive; comparative; superlative

51
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____ phrases, ____ phrases, infinitives and ____ phrases can function as adjectives and adverbs

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Prepositional; participial; infinitive

52
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Adjective clauses are introduced by ____

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relative pronouns

53
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Adverb clauses are introduced by ____

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subordinating conjunctions

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