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REVIEW QUESTIONS

REVIEW QUESTIONS. Who was Thoreau’s mentor and friend? Full name. WHAT DOES THE TERM DICTION MEAN?. Why did the Aunt from The Wagner Matinee go back to the city?. Who wrote:

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REVIEW QUESTIONS

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  1. REVIEW QUESTIONS

  2. Who was Thoreau’s mentor and friend? Full name.

  3. WHAT DOES THE TERM DICTION MEAN?

  4. Why did the Aunt from The Wagner Matinee go back to the city?

  5. Who wrote: “I went into the woods because I wished to live deliberately… and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived”

  6. Write down an example of Realism than we DID NOT READ

  7. Write down the 4 pillars of Excellence from Dead Poets Society

  8. Emerson was highly influenced by this person and he is said to be the intellectual father of Transcendentalism. Who is this person?

  9. Write down an example of a slant rhyme

  10. Why was Walt Whitman’s poetry so controversial?

  11. In poetry, what does the term Apostrophe mean?

  12. What are 2 major themes in “The Sheriff’s Children”

  13. Who wrote the Sheriff’s Children?

  14. Explain the symbolism of the silk stockings in the story, “A Pair of Silk Stockings”

  15. Explain the symbolism of the silk stockings in the story, “A Pair of Silk Stockings”

  16. Which literary device is used here: “The spotted hawk swoops by accuses me, he complains of my gab and loitering.”

  17. Who said: “Sucking the marrow out of life doesn’t mean choking on the bone.”

  18. Transcendentalism values: _____________ over logic

  19. What College was Emerson banned from?

  20. How do transcendentalists view Religion?

  21. How did Chris McCandless die? Be specific.

  22. What was Thoreau’s middle name?

  23. Which poet uses a lot of irregular punctuation?

  24. Define “local color”

  25. Of Mice and Men, The Jungle, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn would all be considered examples of which ism?

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