Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Green Class--New England Test Review


Green class, post your questions and answers here before Thursday night at 9 p.m.

Of course, indicate the initials of those people in your group.

posted by JTF @ 12:35 PM   11 comments

11 Comments:

At 4:15 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

1) What subjects did fireside poets write about? - patriotism, family values, nature, and moral lessons.

2) How did these poets get their name? -their poems were read by families around the fire for entertainment.

3) What did Oliver Holmes save?- USS Constitution.

4) True or False: Holmes was friends with Longfellow. -True.

5) What did Longfellow think his duty was? -To create the American poetic heritage.

6) What poem did Oliver Wendell Holmes write to try and save the naval ship? -Old Ironsides.

7) Name two out of the four fireside poets that we have studied. -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Oliver Wendell Holmes; John Greenleaf Whittier; James Russell Lowell.

8) Which fireside poet was the most popular American poet of all times? -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

 
At 12:57 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Emily Dickinson
1. Out of the 1,700 poems Dickinson wrote, how many poems did she actually have published? -7 poems

2. Since her poems were written anonymously, whom do people think wrote her poems? -Emerson

3. What makes her poetry so different? -her subject matter which is fascination of death and afterlife

4. What type of meter does Dickinson use? -iambic church hymns

5. How did Emily Dickinson die? -illness of two years

6. Who did Dickinson ask to critic her poetry? -Thomas Wentworth Higgingson

7. When did Dickinson's work begin to be recognized? -1955

8. In what form is most of Dickinson's poetry written? -questions

 
At 1:09 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Quotations

1.) "Nature is a setting that fits equally well a comic or a mourning piece."--Ralph Waldo Emerson

2.) "I learned this at least, by my experiment that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."--Henry David Thoreau

3.) "Yet perhaps the pal-face congregation was almost as fearful a sight to the minister as his black veil to them."--Nathaniel Hawthorne

4.) "Call me Ishamel."--Herman Melville

5.) "Fame is a Bee. It has a Song-It has a Sting--Ah, too, it has a Wing."--Emily Dickinson

6.) "The little waves, with their soft, white hands, efface the footprints in the sands."--Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

7.) "Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, where knelt the vanquished foe.."--Oliver Wendell Holmes

8.) "He has changed himself into something awful, only by hiding his face."--Nathaniel Hawthorne

 
At 3:48 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Transcendentalism

1. Define transcendentalism.
Transcendentalism is hard to define. It’s a blend of philosophy, religion, and literature.

2. Define self reliance.
You are armed with confidence. Believe in yourself and trust yourself. If you have the force of self reliance within you, don’t let others take that away from you. Take credit for your work and believe in yourself.

3. Name an author who is a transcendentalist.
David Henry Thoreau

4. What is the theme of Nature?
The inner beauty reflects on Earth. For example, you don’t have to go to church to be a good person. Nature can teach us and we can learn from nature.

5. What are the 3 principles of transcendentalism?
The 3 principles are over soul, reverence or nature and self reliance.

6. Describe one of the principles of transcendentalism.
Oversoul is the universal and benign omnipresence revealed in moments of mystic enthusiasm which is present in all living things.

7. Who was the founder of transcendentalism?
Ralph Waldo Emerson was the founder.

8. Quote a line from Nature describing self reliance.
“A man is into his work and done his best.”

 
At 3:53 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

1. This literary term is compact but filled with rich, ambivalent meaning.
Answer: capsule metaphor

2. This literary term is a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one.
Answer: trochaic meter

3. Off rhyme describes what kind of literary term?
Answer: slant rhyme

4. What is the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence?
Answer: allegory

5. “Success is counted sweetest by those who ne’er succeed” is an example of what literary term?
Answer: paradox

6. “The tide rises, the tide falls” is an example of?
Answer: trochaic meter

7. “The stillness in the ROOM…Between the Heavens of STORM” is an example of?
Answer: slant rhyme

8. What is a statement or group of statements that leads to a contradiction or a situation which defies intuition?
Answer: paradox

 
At 3:56 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

AUTHORS AND THEIR WORKS -- matching

A.Ralph Waldo Emmerson
B.Henry David Thoreau
C.Nathaniel Hawthrone
D.Oliver Wendell Holms
E.Herman Melville

1. Moby Dick
2. Civil Disobedience
3. Nature
4. Old Ironsides
5. The Ministers Black Veil
6. Self-Reliance
7. The Rhodora
8.Rappaccini's Daughter

 
At 4:46 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

1. Who were the two most famous anti- transcendentalists?
A: Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville

2. What did the anti- transcendentalists tend to focus on?
A: The possibility of evil

3. What literary works of Nathaniel Hawthorne contributed to him being one of the most prominent anti- transcendentalists?
A: The Minister’s Black Veil, Rappaccini’s Daughter

4. Which idea of “unbridled optimism” of the transcendentalists did the anti- transcendentalists strongly dispute?
A: Nature and human nature

5. What did the anti- transcendentalists believe that nature, in its violence and evil moments, reflected?
A: The “darkness” in everyone

6. Did the anti- transcendentalists believe that man was equally capable of wrong- doing and evil, as well as good?
A: Yes

7. What action did the anti- transcendentalists believe there was great danger in doing either physically or spiritually?
A: Separating oneself from the world

8. What is the name of the “unpardonable sin” of not listening to the advice of others?
A: Pride

 
At 5:10 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

1. List 2 anti-transcendentalist.
-Hawthorne
-Melville

2. Give one literary work composed by each.
- Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter”
- Melville’s “Moby Dick”

3. What did anti-transcendentalist’s believe?
-They believed that seclusion from society was very unhealthy, and that to be misunderstood was a bad thing.

4. How does Hawthorne show this in “The Ministers Black Veil”?
- He shows this by secluding the minister from the rest of the town, causing him to alienate himself and be looked upon differently, which turns out to be a bad thing.

5. How does Melville show this in his book “Moby Dick”?
-He shows this through the corruption of Captain Ahab and his unhealthy obsession to kill Moby Dick out of spite.

6. What 3 things did Hawthorne believe?
- Man was capable of sin.
- Nature reflected darkness.
- There is grave danger in seclusion of society.

7. Which chapter in “Moby Dick” talks a lot about nature and the serenity of it?
- The Grand Armada Chapter.

8. What are the differences in the views of transcendentalists and anti-transcendentalists?
- Their view on seclusion from society.
- Their view on nature.
- Their view on sin and mans ability to control it.
- Their view on self-reliance.
- Their view on being misunderstood.

 
At 6:05 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Quotations:

1. "I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute."-Henry David Thoreau

2."His soul was made for the noblest society; he had in a short life exhausted the capabilities of this world; wherever there is knowledge, wherever there is virtue, wherever there is beauty, he will find a home."-Henry David Thoreau

3."The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls
Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls;
The day returns, but nevermore,
Returns the traveler to the shore
And the tide rises, the tide falls."-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

4."The impertinence of the latter class compelled him to give up his customary walk at sunset to the burial ground."-Nathaniel Hawthorne

5."My imagination carried me so far that I even had the refusal of several farms."-Henry David Thoreau

6."Ay tear her tattered ensign down!
Long has it waved on high,
And many an eye has danced to see
That banner in the sky."-Oliver wendell Holmes

7."Nature is a setting that fits equally well a comic or a mourning piece. In good health, the air is a cordial of incredible virtue."-Ralph Waldo Emerson

8."Trust thyself every heart vibrates to that iron string."-Ralph Waldo Emerson

 
At 8:48 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Emily Dickinson

1)In which state was Emily Dickinson born?
Massachusetts

2)How many poems that Emily Dickinson wrote were published in her life time?
7

3)What is unique about her style of writing?
Use of puncuation and capitalization

4)What symbol does she often use?
The hyphen

5)Was her name used when her stories were published?
No they were published anonymously

6)Who were her poems thought to be written by?
Emerson

7)What is a capsule metaphor?
A metaphor that is compact but filled with rich ambivalent meaning.

8) What is different about her capaitalization?
She usually caps nouns within the lines.

 
At 9:11 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Themes

1. Whaling is destroying the beauty of nature- "Moby Dick"

2. Nature can teach us as much as any school or church- "Nature"

3. Seclusion isn't good and is unhealthy- "The Minister's Black Veil"

4. Time, it's always there and always going to be there- "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls"

5. Science gone too far- "Rappiccini's Daughter"

6. Tell the truth, but tell it with a twist- "Tell The Truth"

7. Losers know success better than winners do- "Succuess"

8. Right of every American to NON VIOLENT protest agianst his country- "Cilvil Disobedience"

 

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