WorksheetsThe American Renaissance Unit Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 19mins
Who wrote "Self-Reliance"?
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau
Walt Whitman
Margret Fuller
"Word Choice" is the definition of...
Diction
Syntax
Tone
Analogy
The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities is
Symbolism
Imagery
Alliteration
A style of writing that is characterized by fear, but also nature is
Romanticism
Gothic
Transcendentalism
The same sound at the beginning of a line of words is...
Sublime
Tone
Alliteration
Excellence or beauty to inspire great admiration is...
Gothic
Satire
Sublime
The development of individualism, rebellion, and nature to embrace the natural world is....
Transcendentalism
Romanticism
Colloquialism
Fill in the blank: ______________ OVER Institution
Feeling
Reason
All
Individualism
"Imagination OVER ______________"
Reason
Feeling
All
Individual
"______________ OVER fact"
Reason
Feeling
All
Individualism
"Nature OVER ______________'
Reason
Feeling
All
Individual
What is going on in the 19th century in America that commercially created new ways of transportation?
The Underground Railroad
Newspaper
The Industrial Revolution
The Neoclassical Period
Who is one author from the Romantic Period in America?
Henry David Thoreau
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Washington Irving
Walt Whitman
What is the story about a man making a deal with the devil for life-long materialism?
The Devil and Tom Walker
"The Raven"
The Fall of the House of Usher
Nature
What is satire?
Making fun of human life
Making fun of human stupidity
Making fun of human communication
How many stanzas are in "The Raven"?
16
17
18
19
When it comes to meter in poetry, what are the two important pieces of meter? ______________ & ___________ syllables.
stressed and more stressed
stressed and unstressed
iambic and diambic
penta and meter
What is one allusion found in "The Raven"?
Aidenn
"Quoth the Raven, Nevermore"
"Nodded nearly napping"
What is one characteristic of Transcendentalism?
Rebellion
Nature
Satire
Which one of the four answers is NOT a characteristic of Transcendentalism?
Nonconformity
Self-Reliance
Hard Work
Free Thought
Which of these is NOT a characteristic of Romanticism?
Rebellion
Breaking Convention
Power of the Senses
Use of Satire
Who wrote "The Raven"?
Edward Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
Washington Irving
Washington Erving
