Vocabulary: Transcendentalism and Romanticism

What is the definition of "allegory"?

• A form of poetry that does not rhyme and does not have regular meter

• An economic system built on large industries rather than on agriculture or craftsmanship

• An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe a subject

• A narrative technique that uses real-life events to describe fictional characters

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Which term is defined as "poetry that does not rhyme and does not have regular meter"?

• Allegory

• Free verse

• Industrialism

• Sonnet

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the form of the term "industrialism"?

• Verb

• Adjective

• Noun

• Adverb

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

Which term is used to describe an economic system built on large industries rather than on agriculture or craftsmanship?

• Allegory

• Free verse

• Industrialism

• Capitalism

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CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following is a sample sentence for the term "free verse"?

• "George Orwell's 'Animal Farm' is an allegory for World War I."

• "Individual artists often struggle because industrialism and mass production of goods."

• "Part of this poem by Sappho uses free verse: 'Eros harrows my heart: wild gales whipping desolate mountains, uprooting oaks.'"

• "The factory workers toiled day and night, producing goods for the growing market."

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Which term is used to describe "an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe a subject"?

• Allegory

• Free verse

• Industrialism

• Sonnet

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

What is the definition of Transcendentalism?

• A system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material

• A movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization

• The use of concrete objects to represent abstract ideas or qualities

• People in the 19th century who created Transcendentalism

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

According to the sample sentence, how did Henry David Thoreau practice Transcendentalism?

• By writing poetry

• By living in the woods alone

• By creating concrete objects

• By joining the Transcendental Club

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Which term is defined as "a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization"?

• Symbolism

• Transcendentalism

• Romanticism

• Transcendental Club

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which term is defined as "a system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material"?

• Symbolism

• Transcendentalism

• Romanticism

• Transcendental Club

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D