Romanticism

What does "romanticize" mean?

• act in a loving manner
• create a realistic image
• focus on the positive aspects
• change the meaning of something completely

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CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

The Romantic movement led to a great deal of social reform, including abolition of child labor.

• True
• False

Romanticism appealed to the American public because it offered a starkly realistic (black and white) view of life

• True
• False

American Romantic authors and poets drew their inspiration from the unspoiled countryside.

• True
• False

Which of the following is NOT a value of the Romantic Period?

• imagination
• innocence
• reason
• intuition

What did romanticism show deep interest in?

• Nature and thoughts/feelings of a person
• Art and ideas/creation of a person 
• Animals and what they thought/did 
• Plants and what they do/make

What was a key element of romanticism?

• Emotion / wild emotion
• Thoughts / great thoughts
• Ideas / good ideas
• Inventions / good inventions

She had him at bay and he was going to pay for his belligerent behavior.

"Belligerent" means

• happy, jolly, exciting
• sarcastic
• hostile, aggressive, or combative
• sad, melancholy

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

While walking in the forest, Tom Walker heard a clamorous sound that gave him quite the fright.
What does the word "clamorous" mean in the sentence above?

• to cut off or out
• a rough sound
• a dull sound
• a loud, confusing noise

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4