Ralph Waldo Emerson AP

The Father of Transcendentalism​

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​Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Multiple Choice

A part that represents the whole such as "all hands on deck" is:

• symbolism

• synecdoche

• simile

• juxtaposition

Multiple Choice

A sentence that is structured with an ABCCBA format is:

• antimetabole

• antithesis

• juxtaposition

• periodic

Multiple Choice

"To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, that is genius." (Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Self-Reliance,"1841)

This sentence is a(n):

• periodic sentence

• cumulative sentence

• hortative statement

• antithesis

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• “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.”

• “Without ambition one starts nothing. ...

• “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”

• “Life is a journey, not a destination.”

• “Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.”

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​Emerson Aphorisms

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Multiple Choice

The sentence "If we require the originality which consists in weaving, like a spider, their web from their own bowels; in finding clay, and making bricks, and building the house; no great men are original" is the following type of sentence:

• simple

• periodic

• cumulative

• compound

Multiple Choice

The sentence "The greatest genius is the most indebted man" can best be described as an example of:

• an allusion

• antithesis

• a paradox

• antimetabole

Multiple Choice

The sentence "A poet is no rattlebrain, saying what comes uppermost and, because he says everything, saying, at last, something good; but a heart in unison with his time and country," contains an example of:

• synecdoche

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Multiple Choice

The second paragraph is developed through the use of examples to prove the claim that above all else geniuses are:

• unoriginal

• great

• jealous

• receptive

Multiple Choice

Paragraph two contains all of the following rhetorical strategies except:

• metaphor

• anaphora

• rhetorical question

• asyndeton

Multiple Choice

The sentence "He finds two counties groping to bring coal, or flour, or fish, from the place of production to the place of consumption, and he hits on a railroad," uses all of the following rhetorical techniques except:

• polysyndeton

• parallelism

• asyndeton

• repetition

Multiple Choice

The tone of the passage can best be described as:

• reflective

• fervent

• nostalgic

• optimistic

• bemused

Open Ended

In your own words, what is he saying?

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