Literature 2nd Quarter (other) Flashcards
Why is the title A Republic of Prairie Dogs good?
There is much personification
The dogs two visitors
A owl and a rattlesnakes
America’s first novelist; famous for Precaution; romantic author
James Fenimore Cooper
What supernatural action did Deerslayer do
Kills two people with one bullet
Who was captured? Beloved of Deerslayer
Natty
Who was the first man to throw a tomahawk
Who was the second to throw
The third to throw
Raven
Moose
Bounding boy
Who was tied to a tree while having tomahawks thrown at him
Natty Bumppo
What was the speakers view on death in “Thanatopsis”
Not a Christian view
When you die you’ll become…
Dirt
A forerunner of he Romantic movement his poems often reflect his ardent love for the beauties of nature
William Cullen Bryant
Who does Edgar Poe blame for Annabel being gone
The angles stole her
Author who ~ America’s first novelist
James Fenimore Cooper
Author who~ Best remembered for his poetry; as early as 13 was remarkable as a versifier
William Cullen Bryant
Author who~ Went to sea as a cabin boy on a merchant ship at 18; wrote stories about on the sea
Herman Melville
Author who ~ Became famous for stirring American opinion against slavery ; Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
