Writers, Eras, and Literary Devices Review
Writers, Eras, and Literary Devices Review
Exam Format: Entirely Objective (Scantron)
• 13 matching of author to text • 18 quote identification: choose author or story title
for each quote • 4 author compare/contrast • 12 literary device identification • 7 literary era identification: match era to description
of it • 50 story plot/character/theme questions/ • 11 character matching: Into the Wild • 20 vocabulary matching: word to definition
• She wrote “Upon the Burning of Our House.”
• He wrote “The Devil and Tom Walker.”
• He wrote “Self-Reliance.”
• He wrote “The Interesting Narrative of Gustavus Vassa.”
• He wrote Walden.
• Wrote “To the Honorable General Washington”
• He wrote The Autobiography of…
• He wrote The Crucible
• Thomas Paine belonged to this literary movement:
• This person outlined a plan for moral perfection in his autobiography
• He wrote Into the Wild
• These three writers incorporated Gothic elements into their short stories and poetry (name at least two).
• The relationship between Emerson and _______________ was like a __________ and a student.
• The phrase “Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship” is an example of a(n):
• What literary device is this? “I looked upon the scene before me - upon the mere house, and the simple landscape features of the domain - upon the bleak walls - upon the vacant eye-like windows.” In this quote, the “vacant eye-like windows”
• Literary device? “My cognisance of the pit had become known to the inquisitorial agents -- THE PIT, whose horrors had been destined for so bold a recusant as myself, THE PIT, typical of hell, and regarded by rumour as the Ultima Thule of all their punishments.” In this quote, “the pit” is a:
• Which rhetorical appeal is used in this quote: “God Almighty will not give up a people to military destruction, or leave them unsupportedly to perish…”?
• What is the term that refers to the soul’s connection with God and nature?
• These two stories are based on, and are supposed to feel like, folktales:
• The Chosen One, the Nagging Wife, and the Christ Figure are all examples of:
• The poetic form of this verse is: “The world no longer let me love, / My hope and treasure lies above.” Note: The slash indicates the end of a line of poetry
• In this era, reason and intellect are considered mankind’s most important faculty (talent).
• In this era, emotions and feelings deserve more attention than reason and intellect.
• In this era, writing is balanced between light, optimistic writing and dark, sinister writing.
• In this era, the government was a theocracy.