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Top 100 Most Influential Americans of All Time The Atlantic Magazine

Top 100 Most Influential Americans of All Time The Atlantic Magazine. 100. Moby Dick was a flop at the time, but he is remembered as the American Shakespeare. 99. He broke the New Deal majority, and then broke his presidency on a scandal that still haunts America. 98.

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8 th Grade Jeopardy

8 th Grade Jeopardy. Compliments of the James Madison Center, JMU. A person in a story, a play, or other literary work. May also be an animal, a thing, or a natural force such as a flood or blizzard. Character.

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Week 7

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AP Literature: Literary Terms (Figures of Speech)

AP Literature: Literary Terms (Figures of Speech). On Index Card: one side-Literary Device, other side-Definition & Example (Flashcard). 1) Alliteration. Definition: The repetition of similar sounds, usually consonants, at the beginning of words. Example:

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Herman Melville

Herman Melville. 1819 - 1891. Herman Melville. On January 3, 1841, aged 22 Melville sailed from New Bedford, Massachusetts on the whaler Acushnet. Whaling. I n the days before the discovery of petroleum, whale oil supplied the fuel lamps

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Lord of the Flies 1954

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The Romantic Hero

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Marine Animal Life: Deep Water

Marine Animal Life: Deep Water. Lauren Burns November 28 th , 2011 Earth Science. Bathyal Zone. The Bathyal Zone is also known as the twilight zone, so called because of the lack of light.

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American Romanticism

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Turning points in American Literature

Turning points in American Literature. The Scarlet Letter (1850) by Hawthorne Moby Dick (1851) by Melville Walden (1854) by Thoreau Leaves of Grass (1855) by Whitman. Walt Whitman & Emily Dickinson. Bridges between Romanticism And Realism.

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American Romanticism 1800 - 1860

American Romanticism 1800 - 1860. We will walk with our own feet we will work with our own hands we will speak our own minds -Ralph Waldo Emerson. Political and Social Milestones. The Louisiana Purchase - 1803 The Gold Rush - 1849 Education and Reform.

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Comparison and Contrast Writing

Comparison and Contrast Writing. 4 th Block. Terms to know:. Comparison- The representing of one thing or person as similar to or like another Contrast- To compare or appraise in respect to difference

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Literary Criticism

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How much do you already know about the USA?

How much do you already know about the USA?. Quick quiz. Which is the largest state in the United States?. A. Texas. B. Alaska. C. California. Answer :. B. Alaska. Quick quiz. Which country did America buy Alaska from? . A. Russia. B. United Kingdom. C. Canada. Answer :. A. Russia.

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Deconstruction

Deconstruction. Deconstruction as a method of analysis Naive construction. Assert:. Existence of a dichotomy: literature vs. non-literature [difference] Hierarchy: Literature / non-literature [value] Mutual constitution of hierarchy & dichotomy. Use examples to support case.

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Herman Melville

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REFORM IN AMERICA

REFORM IN AMERICA. American Culture Is Changing. New Wave of Immigrants in America during this time. They were looking for a better life. Between 1815 and 1860 there were 5 million immigrants that came to America.

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Reform and Culture In Antebellum America: 1820-1860

Reform and Culture In Antebellum America: 1820-1860. Chapter 13. Religion in the Antebellum Period. Increased role of rationalism in religion: Deism, Unitarians, and Universalists Enlightenment in Europe plus the Deist movement of colonial times led to an increase in rationalism in religion

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