Lit Term: Giving human qualities to inhuman objects
Lit Term: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!
Lit Term: A word made from the sound associated with it
Lit Term: Comparison between two unlike objects without using like or as
Lit Term: Comparison between two unlike objects using like or as
Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines of text
Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of closely connected words
Author of "Self-Reliance"
Author of "The Snows of Kilimanjaro"
Wrote "Tell all the truth, but tell it slant"
Author of "Bernice Bobs Her Hair"
Author of The Scarlet Letter
Famous sermon written by the Puritan minister, Jonathan Edwards
A rhetorical appeal used to influence emotions; used in Jonathan Edwards' sermons
Emerson says to trust this over reason and logic
Every heart vibrates to that ___ ___ (trusting yourself)
"Virtue" most desired by society; the opposite of self-reliance
Emerson said this man was great because he spoke his beliefs, as did Plato and Milton
Emerson says we should learn to trust these, just like children do
Adjective used by Marjorie to describe Bernice
Bernice's were kind of wild!
Main event between the protagonist and the antagonist in a story; the climax
Animal that was like Harry; made misguided choices & found immortality on Kilimanjaro
Another term for a Faustian Bargain
Traded his soul for 7 years of good fortune
The soul of Miser Stevens was kept by Mr. Scratch as a ___
The thing Daniel Webster cared about more than anything else
Events in a story that lead to the turning point/climax
Turing point of a story; the moment the reader has been waiting for
Character who opposes the main character
Man vs. Man is one example
How the conflict of a story is resolved
Main character in a story
Helps the reader "get into" the story
Events that lead from the climax to the end of a story
Lesson or Message the author wants the reader to understand
Romantic characteristic related to seeing nature as a teacher
Literary movement in the late 1700s to mid 1800s; authors included Poe, Whitman, Hawthorne
Abbreviation for Title, Author, Genre
Author of "Annabel Lee"
Setting of The Scarlet Letter
Hester's job was ___ clothes
The women of Boston though that Hester's punishment was too ___
Hester's sin; represented by the letter "A"
Hester is here when she sees her husband for the first time in 2 years
Hester promised Chillingworth she would keep his ___ secret
Pearl was bought at a
Pearl claimed to have been plucked from one of these
Chillingworth is compared to this animal because he was sucking the life out of Dimmesdale
Dimmesdale's was always putting his hand here
Emotion Hester experienced most during her time in Boston
Represented the devil in The Scarlet Letter
Dimmesdale was angry when he discovered that Chillingworth was Hester's __
AKA The Leech
Puritan system of government
Harry Street never really saw the top of this mountain, except in a dream
Part of America where Bernice and Marjorie lived
US state in which Daniel Webster fought a case against the Mr. Scratch
Greatest animal in the world, according to Mrs. Welte
Word for a group of flamingos
What Mrs. Welte wants you to do so that you can ACE the midterm!
An author's intentional word choice
Lit Term: Words or phrases used by an author to paint a menatl image for the reader; five sense