1. 3. Types of Characterization
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1. Unit Vocabulary
2. Let’s Transcend
3. Types of Characterization
4. The Gothic Genre
5. Being Romantic
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2. 1 - $100 What does “extort” mean?
To obtain by force, threats, or other means

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What definition term means “a feeling or attitude of deep respect”?
Reverence

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What does “manifold” mean?
Many or various

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What is “the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles”?
Integrity

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What does “blithe” mean?
Cheerful, happy

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Transcendentalism is a __________ that teaches man to find spirituality through nature.
Philosophy

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What span of years did Transcendentalism occur?
1830s-1860s

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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An eyeball that absorbs. It is a metaphorical tool for all men to use to connect to nature.

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True or False: Transcendentalisms believe in being anti-conformists, having equality, and being materialistic.
False

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Which type of characterization shows the character’s personality through their actions, speech, and appearance?
Indirect Characterization

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Which type of characterization states characteristics (feelings, thoughts, looks) of a character in a way that requires no inferring?
Direct characterization

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The following is what type of characterization? “No traveler stopped at its door … a miserable horse whose ribs were as articulate as the bars of a gridiron.”
Indirect

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The following quote is what type of characterization? “The black man told him of great sums of money which had been buried by Kidd the pirate, under the oak trees on the high ridge not far from the morass. All these were under his command and protected by his power.”
Direct

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The following quote is what type of characterization? “Tom Walker, however, was not a man to be troubled with an fears of the kind.”
Direct

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What is ONE characteristic a story must have to be considered Gothic?
Supernatural events, omens, damsels in distress, a suspenseful atmosphere, a setting in an old estate/mansion, etc.

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Edgar Allan Poe

19. 4 - $300 Who wrote the Gothic story “The Devil and Tom Walker”?
Washington Irving

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What is ONE gothic element that occurs in “The Masque of the Red Death”?
Supernatural events (the masked uninvited guest), omens (the clock), suspenseful mood, setting (old estate/mansion)

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Washington Irving was inspired by what type of stories when creating his own Gothic short stories?
German fairy/folk tales

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Romanticism occurs during what century?
The 19th century

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What is one of the 5 “I’s” that characterizes Romantic literature?
Imagination, intuition, inspiration, idealism, and individuality

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Romanticism begins as a movement after what bloody European event?
The French Revolution

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Lyrical Ballads

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According to the Romantics, rather than being a “technical master,” one should be what?
An inspired creator

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2. When It Rains, It “Poes”
3. Being More Romantic
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Emerson is considered the ____________ of American literature.
The father

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How did Emerson say we should create an American artistic/literary legacy – by doing what?
By splitting from Europe and rejecting European culture and art – we have to create our own.

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Emerson is a ______________ - someone who believes that God is involved in every part of creation.
A pantheist

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Emerson believes that man has innate _____?
Divinity

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What does Emerson mean when he says, “The sky is the daily bread for the eyes”?
Nature is spiritual nourishment

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What city was Edgar Allan Poe born in?
Boston

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What college did Poe attend?
University of Virginia

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What is the title of the famous poem Poe wrote about love and obsession?
“The Raven”

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What genre/type of story of is Poe credited with inventing (other than Gothic)?
The detective story

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How did Poe die?
Poe’s death is a mystery – there’s many theories

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The Romantic movement was a literary movement focuses on expressing feelings of love and romance. True or false?
False

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The Romantics value ________ over reason. It is considered necessary for all art.
Imagination

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What is idealism?
The idea that we can make the world a perfect place

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Romantics, being fans of equality, supported what social movement of the time period?
Woman’s Rights and abolitionism

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The difference between Romantic and Classical art is that classical art is ….
Classical art is severe and unemotional

43. Final Jeopardy
According to Emerson in his excerpt “Nature,” in what ways does nature serve as a teacher?
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