Transcendetalism Quotes - Test Review

Who said it – Emerson or Thoreau?

What work is it found in & what does it mean?

1.  "To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society."
2.  "To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature."
3.  “It is remarkable how easily and insensibly we fall into a particular route, and make a beaten track for ourselves.”
4.   “Nature never wears a mean appearance.”
5.  “Envy is ignorance, imitation is suicide."
6.  “The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right.”
7.  “Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.”
8.  “What I must do is what concerns me, not what the people think.
9.   “To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, - that is genius.”
10.  “We should be men first, and subjects afterward.”
11.  “Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!”
12.  “Trust thyself:  every heart vibrates to that iron string.”
13.  “That government is best which governs not at all.”
14.  "Nature always wears the colors of the spirit."
15.  “Our life is frittered away be details.”

Haiku - Poetry Contest

What adventures does your future hold?  Tell Dell about it!  Here's a fun haiku-writing contest with prizes from Dell!

This contest is open to students in grades 7–12 (who are 13 or over) and it’s easy to enter! Here’s all they have to do:

1. Write an original haiku in an unrhyming, 5-7-5 style that answers the question: What adventures does your future hold?
2. Submit your haiku at http://www.scholastic.com/dellhaiku. Deadline: 11/18/11.
3. Check back in December 2011 to see the winning haiku!

Transcendentalism – a philosophical movement that occurred in the middle of the 19^th century (the 1800s) which influenced a great deal of writing of that time period.

Characteristics of Transcendentalism

·       Simplicity of life

·       A need to live in solitude

·       A lack of necessity of material items

·       A need to follow your own rules

·       More focus on the inner self

·       Relying solely on yourself and having the ability to think for   yourself

·       Breaking free from conformity

·       A strong sense of nature

English 3 - Poe Unit Test Review

You need to know the following:

All 3 works we covered, which are as listed below:

• "To Helen"
• "The Raven"
• "The Pit and the Pendulum"

Also, you must know some information on the author (page 285) and the Gothic characteristics (found in the post below this one).

Study, study, study!!!  :-)

Characteristics of the Gothic Story - English 3

 

• Setting is medieval - a caste or dungeon
• The mood is of mystery or suspense
• Metaphors of fear, horror, dread (ex. thunder, footsteps, creaks, bells, fog, etc.)
• Omens,visions, or haunting dreams are mentioned
• Supernatural, evil, or violent events occur
• "Mad" characters
• Merciless villains
• The Inquisition is mentioned (and their method or torture)
• Myths or legends are mentioned

"The Pit and the Pendulum" - Eng. 3

Here's a link to the e-text:

http://www.literature.org/authors/poe-edgar-allan/pit-and-pendulum.html

"The Raven" - Edgar Allan Poe

English 3 students - here's a link to "The Raven"

http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/edgar_allan_poe/poems/18848