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a story or an account of a sequence of events in the order in which they happened. |
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| ancient language that's no longer in use (uncommon) |
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| the grouping of words and sentences (sentence structures) |
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an indirect reference that's made or implied |
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| Εa symbolic of meaning in symbolic expression of meaning in story: the symbolic expression of a deeper meaning through a story or scene acted out by human, animal, or mythical characters. |
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| a comparison made by using figurative language |
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| a metaphor extended throughout a stanza of a poem or passage. |
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| a comparison made by using like or as |
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ridicules human follies and sometimes is humerous |
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Aphorism: luck comes most to those who need it. Old Man and the Sea |
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the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning |
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A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected. |
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| a short story or life experience often used to prove a point |
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| a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based |
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Where did Romanticism have its roots |
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the movement began in europe |
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- imagination over reason
- reverence for the archaic or ancient
- youthful inocence to educated sophistication
- sees poetry as higghest expression of the imagination
- nature=purity, civilization=corruption
- A hero of some sort
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| American Fireside Poets known for? |
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| comfortable subjects appealig to families |
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| American Romantic writers believed that poetry was? |
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the greates witness to the power of imagination |
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| Author of "Rip Van Winkle" |
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- Wrote thanatopsis > a meditation on death (at 17)
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| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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- Famous for "Paul Revere's Ride" and many other works
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