BM
American Literature
Review
Early American Period (Native Americans, Puritanism)
Revolutionary Period
Romanticism
Romantic themes: Emotion, Supernatural, Escape from reality, Nature
Transcendentalsim:
Individualism (value of the individual)
Self-Reliance (relying on one’s self)
Perfectibility of humanity and the world
Faith in human potential
Over-Soul, nature holds truth
REALISM
MODERNISM
POSTMODERNISM
BM
American Literature
Review
Early American Period (Native Americans, Puritanism)
Revolutionary Period
Romanticism
Romantic themes: Emotion, Supernatural, Escape from reality, Nature
Transcendentalsim:
Individualism (value of the individual)
Self-Reliance (relying on one’s self)
Perfectibility of humanity and the world
Faith in human potential
Over-Soul, nature holds truth
REALISM
MODERNISM
POSTMODERNISM
Point of View:
first person
second person
third person limited
third person omniscient
dialogue
style
tone
mood
satire
allegory
fable
novella
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
symbol
Personification
Hyperbole
foreshadow
Audience
Formal/informal
metonymy
Point of View:
first person
second person
third person limited
third person omniscient
dialogue
style
tone
mood
satire
allegory
fable
novella
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
symbol
Personification
Hyperbole
foreshadow
Audience
Formal/informal
metonymy
Formal/informal
Purposes for writing
Simile
illogical
Expository
synecdoche
Formal/informal
Purposes for writing
Simile
illogical
Expository
synecdoche