Literautre 1 Flashcards
Wrote America for me
Henry van Dyke
Write American names
Stephen Vincent benet
Wrote the nation and the gospel
James Russell lowell
The family is the living cell of every society
The Portland doctrine
“They taught the nation fairness, thrift, and the golden tongue”
Coffin
A type of approximate rhyme in which initial consonance sounds at which are the same
Alliteration
Using words which sound like what they mean
Onomatopoeia
The correspondence of sounds
Rhyme
The nation and the gospel
Lowell
Bury my heart at wounded knee
Benet
In words you have a weapon
Stam
Stephen Vincent benet wrote the line “Bury my heart at Wounded Knee”
True
“In words you have a weapon,/ More weighty than a gun—“ is written by Elizabeth Scott Stam
True or false
True
“Oh London a mans town, there’s power in the air; And Paris is a woman’s town, with flowers in her hair;”
Rhyme
“I like the gardens of Versailles with flashing fountains filled;”
Alliteration