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TranscendentalistsTranscendentalists
The Jungle The Jungle and and “Chicago”“Chicago”
As I Lay DyingAs I Lay Dying
Short StoriesShort Stories
Ethan and Ethan and ErnestErnest
HamletHamlet
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TranscendentalistsTranscendentalists As I Lay As I Lay DyingDying
The Jungle The Jungle and and
“Chicago”“Chicago”Short StoriesShort Stories Ethan and Ethan and
ErnestErnestHamletHamlet
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Henry David Thoreau Henry David Thoreau built his famous cabin built his famous cabin in this Massachusetts in this Massachusetts
town.town.
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What is What is Concord?Concord?
Walt Whitman’s life Walt Whitman’s life was spent composing was spent composing
one long series of one long series of poems, with this title.poems, with this title.
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What is What is Leaves Leaves of Grassof Grass??
This is the Greek rhetorical This is the Greek rhetorical term for an appeal to term for an appeal to
emotion.emotion.
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What is pathos?What is pathos?
This Whitman poem This Whitman poem depicts an epiphany depicts an epiphany that a young man that a young man has after hearing a has after hearing a
college lecture.college lecture.
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What is “When I What is “When I Heard the Learn’d Heard the Learn’d
Astronomer”?Astronomer”?
This is an appeal to a This is an appeal to a higher authority, like higher authority, like
the Constitution.the Constitution.
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What is ethos?What is ethos?
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The JungleThe Jungle exposes exposes gross human rights gross human rights
violations in this violations in this industry.industry.
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What is the What is the meat-meat-
packing packing industry?industry?
The author of The author of The Jungle The Jungle was a part of this was a part of this
journalistic movement.journalistic movement.
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What is muck-What is muck-raking?raking?
Upton Sinclair disdained Upton Sinclair disdained Capitalism, and instead Capitalism, and instead
preferred this state-preferred this state-oriented system.oriented system.
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What is What is Socialism?Socialism?
Sandburg’s use of Sandburg’s use of colloquial language in colloquial language in his poems suggests his poems suggests that his audience is that his audience is
primarily this type of primarily this type of person.person.
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What is the What is the common man (or common man (or
the working the working class)?class)?
When Sandburg depicts When Sandburg depicts the city of Chicago the city of Chicago
“laughing as a young “laughing as a young fighter laughs,” he is fighter laughs,” he is employing these TWO employing these TWO
literary devices.literary devices.
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What are What are personification and personification and
simile?simile?
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William Faulkner wrote William Faulkner wrote in this style of in this style of
uninterrupted ideas uninterrupted ideas from the top of his from the top of his character’s heads.character’s heads.
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What is stream-of-What is stream-of-consciousness?consciousness?
Central to the character Central to the character development of Darl and development of Darl and
Jewel is this concept, Jewel is this concept, derived from the Greek derived from the Greek
letter for “x.”letter for “x.”
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What is What is chiasmus?chiasmus?
(In Greek, “x” (In Greek, “x” is “chi.”is “chi.”
With his self-proclaimed With his self-proclaimed identity as one who identity as one who
“observes” and “knows,” “observes” and “knows,” William Faulkner is most William Faulkner is most
similar to this narrator, one similar to this narrator, one of 15 in the novel.of 15 in the novel.
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Who is Darl?Who is Darl?
This is the term for the This is the term for the study of word origins.study of word origins.
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What is What is etymology?etymology?
This is the fictional This is the fictional county in which county in which
Faulkner sets a large Faulkner sets a large number of his novels.number of his novels.
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What is What is Yoknapatawpha?Yoknapatawpha?
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This is a type of story, like This is a type of story, like “Everyday Use,” in which “Everyday Use,” in which a character returns home a character returns home
to his/her family.to his/her family.
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What is a What is a prodigal child prodigal child
story?story?
This is a story, like This is a story, like John Updike’s “A & John Updike’s “A &
P,” in which a P,” in which a character loses his character loses his
innocence and enters innocence and enters into adulthood.into adulthood.
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What is coming-What is coming-of-age?of-age?
O. Henry’s “A Retrieved O. Henry’s “A Retrieved Reformation” features Reformation” features
this type of ending, this type of ending, typical of his style.typical of his style.
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What is ironic?What is ironic?
The conflict in Alice The conflict in Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use” Walker’s “Everyday Use”
surrounds this object.surrounds this object.
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What is a quilt?What is a quilt?
Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl” is Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl” is an allegory for this.an allegory for this.
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What is colonial What is colonial rule?rule?
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The novel The novel Ethan FromeEthan Frome takes place in this takes place in this
fictional Massachusetts fictional Massachusetts town, which is cold and town, which is cold and
desolate.desolate.
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What is What is Starkfield?Starkfield?
Edith Wharton created this Edith Wharton created this character to represent her character to represent her
own frustrations about own frustrations about being trapped in an being trapped in an unhappy marriage.unhappy marriage.
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Who is Ethan Who is Ethan Frome?Frome?
This is the reason that This is the reason that Zeena comes to stay Zeena comes to stay with Ethan in the first with Ethan in the first
place.place.
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What is What is providing providing
nursing care for nursing care for Ethan’s mother?Ethan’s mother?
Many of Hemingway’s Many of Hemingway’s stories take places on stories take places on bridges and at train bridges and at train
stations to represent this.stations to represent this.
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What is an in What is an in between place between place
or a time of or a time of transition?transition?
The short story “Hills Like The short story “Hills Like White Elephants” features White Elephants” features
a discussion about this a discussion about this topic, though the word is topic, though the word is never expressly used in never expressly used in
the piece.the piece.
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What is abortion?What is abortion?
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This character, the This character, the son of Polonius, son of Polonius,
serves as a foil to serves as a foil to Hamlet.Hamlet.
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Who is Laertes?Who is Laertes?
During the “To be or not During the “To be or not to be” soliloquy, Hamlet to be” soliloquy, Hamlet is seriously considering is seriously considering
this.this.
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What is suicide?What is suicide?
This is how the This is how the dramatis personae is dramatis personae is
arranged.arranged.
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What is in What is in order of order of
importance in importance in society?society?
In In HamletHamlet, this , this character is the chief character is the chief source of comic relief source of comic relief
– besides Hamlet – besides Hamlet himself.himself.
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Who is the grave Who is the grave digger?digger?
This is the literary term This is the literary term for when the audience for when the audience
knows something that a knows something that a character does not – character does not – like the fact that it’s like the fact that it’s Polonius behind the Polonius behind the
curtain.curtain.
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What is dramatic What is dramatic irony?irony?
This is the term for use of This is the term for use of conjunctions instead of conjunctions instead of
commas, as Hemingway did commas, as Hemingway did (so it is sort of saying that this (so it is sort of saying that this is the final question and it is is the final question and it is
not hard and you should get it not hard and you should get it and then win the game).and then win the game).
What is What is polysyndeton?polysyndeton?