1. American Romanticism
Valued __________ because allowed one to use ___________
Preferred youthful _________ over educated ____________
Looked to________ for wisdom & ______________progress
Found _______ & _______ in: exotic locations, ____________, & world of ________________
Found inspiration in myths,_________, & folk ___________
________ ______towns & cities coming up & crime followed

2. Philosophies/Beliefs
Nature held truths to the questions & problems of life
Valued ________ & intuition over _________ (follow your heart & not your head)
Live & let live

3. Authors & Literature
_______ _____– “The Devil and Tom Walker,” “,The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” and “Rip Van Winkle”
__________ Cullen Bryant – “Thanatopsis” & “To a Water Fowl”
________ _________ _______ – Uncle Tom’s Cabin

4. Literary terms
Satire – literature that exposes the ______ or follies of people or ______ to bring __________and ________.
___ _______– literature that is humorous & contain wild exaggerations and is not intended to be ___________. Usually the heroes are bold but sometimes foolish characters that may have ______ human abilites.

5. _______– author’s attitude toward subject matter and is conveyed through ________, punctuation, sentence _______, & figures of speech. Maybe gloomy, critical, cheerful, etc.
_______ – chain of events in a drama or narrative work of fiction. (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and denouement)