English honors-unit 3

what did Ralph waldo emerson believe

you can change the world thru the power of ideas

what was his life like

he came from a very poor family and he went to harvard at 14 and spent 14 years as a pastor(in the family)

what was the name of his first little book

nature

why did he stop being a pastor

he left because he had a different view

how do we find our spiritual existence

in world of nature

What this he believe about the human being spiritual existence

that God is in us

what is the oversoul

ultimate spiritual unity that encompasses all existence and in which each human being has an individual share

explain the oversoul in sophomore terms

we all bring something to the table- like a pie, when one piece is gone it is not whole(Bennet leaving classroom)

What is the outer self

how others see us

what is the essential self

our share of the universe

what is individualism

step toward the recognition of God within us, with God all human possibilities are limitless

what is self trust

belief in oneself

what is an essay

brief, non fiction, expresses an opinion or though, can be formal or informal

what makes an essay formal

serious, dignified, organized

what makes an essay informal

casual, personal, loosely structured

what is a noncomformist

someone who doesn’t conform to society standards-different, an individualist

how can you be a noncomformist

1. know you will be judged

2. trust yourself

3. suffer consequences

what is a paradox

statement that is contradictory but yet true

what did thoreau believe about education

life and experiment in self education

what does it mean to live life

make mistakes and learn from them

how long did he spend in nature

6 weeks

did he have big jobs

no

what is the difference between emerson and thoreau

emerson believed in TRANSCENDENTALISM and thoreau lived it

what was interesting about thoreau

didn’ t have material things

what did thoreau believe about nature

that is a reflection of an inner spiritual reality

what did he spend his life doing

spent life in pursuit of the essentials of reality and experience

what is his masterwork

walden

where did he spend two years of his time

walden pond

what were the 3 things part of his literary apprenticeship

1. essay

2. poem

3. journal(the Dial)

what was his first book

week on the concord and Merrimack river

what was his most famous essay and what did it deal with

civil disobedience, moral responsibility

what is moral responsibility

to do what is right in your heart of hearts

what is civil disobedience

to stand up for what is right in your heart of hearts

what happens when you do civil disobedience ex. protest

face consequences, not harm others 

why did thoreau spend time in jail

he didn’t want to pay 1.50 in taxes for the Mexican-American war

what is the theme of his work

life in nature

what is the subject of walden

relation to the order and beauty of nature to the human minds and spirit

what is the framework of walden

seasons of the year

what is done during summer in walden

you live directly in nature

what is done during autumn in walden

reflection, storing up

what is done during winter in walden

reading, meditation, self discipline

what is done during spring in walden

it is a time of rebirth

why did thoreau want to be in nature

he wanted to simplify his life and found out what is essential or not

what is not essential to our life

tech, vehicles, clothes, appliances, furniture, cosmetics

why are having non essential items that supposedly make our life easier a paradox

they were made to make our life easier but instead of they complicated it and have control over us

what did thoreau want to spend more time doing

thinking

when did he arrive at the pond

july 4 1845 on independence day

where did he live near and why was it special

concord battle ground, where the “shot heard round the world” was heard and was the start of the revolutionary war

what was interesting about his house

it was unfinished yet allowed him to feel the chill and see the mist-experience nature

what did thoreau want to find out about in the nature

the true meaning of life

what does “ our life is being frittered away by detail” mean

we spend too much time over small details and we don’t enjoy the moment because we have lots of pressure upon ourselves

what was his response when people said he would be all alone

that the mind and not the body brings people together

what does he realize when he looks in the pond during winter

that heaven is above us and below us- God’s creation is everywhere(all around us)

what were the changes in the pond thoreau saw during spring

ice melting, birds chirping, day is longer, weather is warmer

what did thoreau say about the changes of spring and what does it mean

that is was gradual but sudden- it slowly changes until one day you see that it is spring already

why does thoreau leave the pond

he has more life to live

what was thoreau’s warning

even if someone is trying to be different we will end up following the same path- like the beaten path from his cabin to the woods

what does following the beat of a different drummer mean

doing your own thing, being an individual and being different

what were some of the items that edgar allen Poe wrote

cask of amontillado, tell tale heart, the fall of the house of usher, the raven

is Poe a transcendentalist

no

what did poe promote instead

romanticism

what is Poe known as

the father of the American short story

what did Poe become the subject of

the subject of fantasy that matched the fantasies of his stories

what did poe’s parent’s do for a living

traveling actors

what happened to poe’s parents

dad left, and mom died when Poe was 2

what happened to Poe after his parent’s deaths

he lived with the allens but was never formally adopted- felt like nobody wanted him(alone)

why did poe have the leave the university of virginia

mr. Allen didn’t want to pay for it because his wife died- Poe felt like a curse

at what age did poe try literary fortune

18

what did Poe want to be and why didn’t it work

he wanted to be a poet but had to switch from poetry to fiction because he wasn’t making any money

what position did Poe hold as part of a literary magazine

editor

what established poe’s reputation as a literary critic

essays

what became an escape for poe

his imagination which created a passage to an inner world of a different reality from the actual world

when was the raven made and what did it do for poe

1845, made him famous but he got no money

where did poe die

baltimore on the streets in the rain- People thought he was an alcoholic( how they found out about poe’s chemical imbalance)

what did the death of poe’s  wife do to him

plunged him into a state of confusion

what was a major contribution to the developing theory of romanticism

literary criticism

what was poe’s goal

to separate us from the world of reality in order to explore the inner, often irrational world of the human kind

what is poe’s masterwork

the raven

what is the raven about

the loss of someone Poe cared for a lot

what are ravens

intelligent, threatening, with shrieks and shrills

why was Poe reading

to distract himself from his lost love

at what point is Poe at with the loss of his love

despair and sorrow

what was the first word Poe heard

lenore(echo)

where does the raven fly to when it enters Poe’s house

the Athena bust- greek goddess of wisdom

what were the two questions Poe first asked the raven

what is your name and when are you leaving

where does Poe think the raven came from and why does this scare him

an unhappy master and came to put his unhappiness and bad luck on poe

what is the question Poe asks about lenore

if he will see lenore again in heaven

what is the raven’s one answer the entire time

nevermore

what happens when the raven answers poe’s question with nevermore

poe gets upset yet the raven just sits there

what does the raven represent in the story

grief

what are the five devices of sound

onomatopoeia, assonance, alliteration, internal rhyme, refrain

what are onomotopoeias

use of words there the sound suggests their meanings ex. buzz-bee, hiss-snake

what is assonance

repetition of vowel sounds ex. glory, rolling

what is alliteration

repetition of consonant sounds usually at the beginning of words, have to be in the same line ex. nearly napping, ghastly grim

what is internal rhyming

rhyme that occurs within the line of poetry ex. nothing further than be uttered, not a feather he fluttered- also has alliteration(can have multiple devices of sound)

what is the refrain

phrase that is repeated, usually at the end of the stanza  ex. bells, bells, bells, or nevermore

what was the poem “the bells” trying to do for the reader

create moods that are suggested by the different uses of the sound bells make

who was “the bells” written by

edgar Allen poe

what was the first stanza of “the bells” about

about silver sleigh bells with a childlike and merry sound/mood ex. tinkle, sprinkle, twinkle

what was the second stanza of “the bells” about

about golden wedding bells with a more mature/adult like sound/mood ex. molten-golden notes, gloats, voluminously