Final Exam Review American Literature Fall 2015 Literary

Final Exam Review American Literature Fall 2015

Literary Movements • Puritans- the Bible provided a model, diaries and histories are most common: Jonathan Edwards & Anne Bradstreet • Rationalism- Reason above all else: Ben Franklin & Patrick Henry • Romanticism- Poetry is highest form of imagination, looks to nature, feeling and intuition over reason: William Cullen Bryant & John Russell Lowell • Dark Romanticism- explored the dark side of human nature and the madness of the psyche, Edgar Allan Poe!

“Thanatopsis” • What does the poet urge listeners and readers to do? • What cycle is described in the poem? • What type of poem is “Thanatopsis? ” Elegy, lyrical- expresses a feeling, emotion • What does the title mean? • What should people do when they feel afraid of death? • What does nature urge the poet to find comfort in? • Terms to know: personification, inversion (inverting normal word order)

“The First Snowfall” • What is the tone of the poem? • Where is the poem’s setting? ( time of year, place, occasion, ) • Who is the speaker of the poem? • What type of poem is “The First Snowfall? ” • Terms to know: simile, personfication

“Old Ironsides”- pg. 266 in textbook- copy of poem will be on final • Romantic elements • Purpose • Use of metaphors/ find examples • Historical context- USS Constitution

“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” • Figurative Language*- simile, analogy, metaphor

Rhetorical Devices in “Speech in the Virginia Convention” • Rhetorical ? • Allusion • Parallelism • Restatement

The Crucible • Jeopardy Review: