Eco-criticism Homework

For Eco-critics the earth is seen as being (a)   to literary readings,

Texts are read in relation to the ecological (a)   they show.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

Ecological criticism sees human culture as being crucially connected to the non-human world... we ignore that connection at our (a)   .

Which decade did Eco-criticism gain momentum?

• early 2000s

• 1990s

• 1980s

• late 2000s

Eco-criticism has its roots in the pastoral tradition and (a)  

Which of the following are valid questions to pose when reading through an Eco-critical lens?

• What role does the physical setting play in the pilot of this novel?

• How do our metaphors of the land influence the way we treat it?

• How has the concept of wilderness changed over time?

• All of the above.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Eco critical theory might be described as having 'one foot in literature and the other on (a)   ;

Barry Commoner’s first law of ecology states that “Everything is connected to __________ ____,”

(a)  

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

If anthropomorphism is the attribution of human form or personality to nature, what technique did John Ruskin condemn? Hint: For him, a poet's tendency to project his or her emotions outward onto the workings of the natural world was a kind of false vision.

• Pathetic fallacy

• The simile

• The metaphor

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

A literary convention which associates the country with innocence and the court or city with corruption?

• Antithesis

• extended metaphor

• The pastoral

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4