Romantics Test Flashcards

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Beguiling

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Charming

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Countenance

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Facial expression

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Craven

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Very cowardly

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Obeisance

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Gesture of respect

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Avarice

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Greed

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Bosom

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A human chest; a person’s heart holding his or her deepest thoughts, feelings, or emotions

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Rigorous

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Harsh; severe; demanding or difficult

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Sagacious

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Having or showing keen judgment; intellectually quick;wise

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Unutterable

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Beyond what can be expressed or described in words;to terrible to be spoken

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Wretchedness

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A state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; a state of being distressed; utter misery

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Married his cousin

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Edgar Allan Poe

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1st popular American writer

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Died mysteriously

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Addicted to Opium

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Gothic Writer

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Traditional American romantic writer

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Developed Natty Bumpo

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Wrote the Devil and Tom Walker

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1st popular American writer

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Died mysteriously

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Addicted to Opium

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Gothic Writer

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Traditional American romantic writer

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Developed Natty Bumpo

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Name that author: | Wrote the Devil and Tom Walker
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Name that author: | 1st popular American writer
Washington Irvin
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Name that author: | Died Mysteriously
Edgar Allan Poe
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Name that author: | Addicted to opium
Washington Irvin
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Name that author: | Gothic Writer
Edgar Allan Poe
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Name that author: | Traditional Romantic American writer
Washington Irvin
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Name that author: | Developed Natty Bumpo
James Cooper
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Name that author: | Wrote the Devil and Tom Walker
Washington Irvin
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Who were the three fireside poets?
Longfellow Whittier Holmes
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Short Answer: | What are the 5 I's?
``` Intuition Imagination Innocence Inspiration from nature Inner Experience ```
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Short Answer: | Explain the 3 levels of Poe's writing
Surface Symbolic Insight
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Short Answer: | Identify the 3 elements of a folk tale
Unlikely event-Making a deal w/ the devil Stereotyped character-Tom and his wife were both miserly Lesson-Cherish your time with you love ones (Rip Van Winkle)
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Short Answer: | Infer a lesson that was taught to the reader in Devil and Tom Walker
Just because you have all the money in the world doesn't mean you are happy, Tom had lots of money but was sad and disliked. This shows that money cant buy happiness.
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Short Answer: | What is the single effect and who uses it?
He believed that every character,detail and incident in the story should contribute to the overall feel of the story Edgar Allan Poe
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Short Answer: | What is alteration, consonance, and assonance?
Alliteration-the repetition of beginning Consonance-the repetition of constance sounds Assonance-the repetition of vowel sounds in words.
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Short Answer: | Name 3 uses of dark symbolism in The Raven
The Raven December at midnight The bird's shadow
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Name that Story: | Unnatural relationships between twins
Usher
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Name that Story: | Setting December at midnight
The Raven
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Name that Story: | Uses stock characters
The Devil and Tom Walker
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Name that Story: | Refers to the devil as old scratch
The Devil and Tom Walker
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Name that Story: | Features a narrator that has lost his love Lenor
The Raven
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Name that Story: | A man who hangs his pet
The Black Cat
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Name that Story: | Man finds a heart and liver in a tree
The Devil and Tom Walker
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Name that Story: | Main character refuses to be a slave trader
The Devil and Tom Walker
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Name that Story: | Sister buried alive
Usher
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Name that Story: | Narrator is hopeless at conclusion
The Raven
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Name that Story: | Alcoholism leads to Perverseness
The Black Cat
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Name that Story: | Man sleeps through the Revolutionary war
Rip Van Winkle
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Name that Story: | Animal reveals the narrators guilt
The Black Cat
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Name that Story: | 7 rooms hold symbolic meaning
The Masque of the Red Death
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Name that Story: | A prince tries to cheat death but fails
The Masque of the Red Death
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Short Answer: | Romantic literature is often a journey from the ___ to the _____.
City to country
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Short Answer: | ______ is the name given to schools of thought that value ____ and ____ over ______.
Romanticism,Feeling,intuition, reason
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Short Answer: | The Gothics had roots in ____,_____ and ______ literature.
French,German and English
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Short Answer: | The typical romantic hero is ______,______,______,and_____.
young,innocent,knowledge,and sense of humor