English Midterm 2025

Puritanism

First American literary movement

Sovereignty of God and authority of scripture

Focus of the writings of Puritanism

Puritanism

major religious movement of Puritanism

Neo-classicalism

Second American literary movement

Rationalism

focus of the writings of Neo-Classicalism

Deism

major religious movement of Neo-Classicalism

Romanticism

Third American literary movement

to free from beliefs, customs, and morals

focus of the writings of Romanticism

Transcendentalism

major religious movement of Romanticism

The idea that individuals can transcend the material world through nature

Rationalism

human reasoning over tradition or faith

Imagination

Individualism

Emotion

three elements of romanticism

personification

device that gives human characteristics to human objects

enjabment

device in which the thought or idea of the line continues to the next line or lines

simile

device comparing unlike things using like or as

blank verse

unrhymed iambic pentameter

caesura

device that means to pause within a line of poetry

apostrophe

device in which the speaker is addressing a person who is not present or an inanimate object

iambic pentameter

pattern of meter with 10 syllables of unstressed and stressed syllables

metaphor

device that compares 2 unlike things without using “like” or “as”

paraphrase

restatement in different words; to put into one’s own words

narrative

writing that tells a story

figurative language

writing or speech not meant to be taken literally

setting

the time and place of the action of the story

inciting incident

introduces the central or main conflict

resolution

when the conflict of the plot has ended

chiasmus

a reversal syntax or word order for effect

Thanatopsis

reflections on death

nature is a teacher

didactic lesson that Thanatopsis teaches

sad thoughts

what is meant by the phrase “darker musings” in Thanatopsis

a coffin

what is meant by the metaphor “the narrow house” in Thanatopsis

extended metaphor

a comparison developed beyond a single line, sentence, or object

figurative language

writing or speech not meant to be taken literally, using words to portray a meaning

allegory

extended metaphor with two levels of meaning

apostrophe

addressing an absent person or inanimate object as though it were a person

simile

comparison using “like” or “as”

theme

the main ideas of a work

personification

giving human characteristics to non-human things

parallelism

similarly constructed sentences, phrases, etc. that restate or contrast one another

metaphor

comparison of two things without using “like” or “as”

imagery

details given to invoke the five senses

diction

the author’s choice of words

bust

wisdom

Pallas

The raven lands on a ______ of the ancient Greek godess of _______, ______

death

To the ancient Greeks, the raven was a bird of _____

Angels

Who gave Lenore her name?

Nothing

When Poe opens his chamber door, what is there?

whispered

Lenore

the only word spoken when Poe opens his chamber door is the _______ word ________

A Raven

What is the intruder above Poe’s chamber door

Pluto

Who is the Roman god of the dead and rules the underworld?

Nevermore

Every time Poe asks the Raven a question, what is the only word it says?

Is there a cure?

When Poe asks the Raven “Is there balm in Gilead,” what is he asking?

Cast the raven’s shadow

What does the lamp light do?

Nature teaches

Lesson 1

Nature heals

Lesson 2

Nature comforts

Lesson 3

Death is inevitable

Lesson 4

Not alone in death

Lesson 5

All become part of nature

Lesson 6

We’ll be among the great and noble in death

Lesson 7

Don’t be afraid of death

Lesson 8