Nancy Lopez Unit 2 Review

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Across
  1. 5. The underlying message or the central idea of a work, which can be stated in one sentence
  2. 6. Give a brief statement of the main points of something
  3. 12. Short accounts of personal incidents
  4. 14. Feeling of doubt, mistrust, or uncertainty
  5. 15. Someone who doesn’t follow generally accepted beliefs, customs, or practices
  6. 16. To spread through every part of
  7. 19. a poem written by American writer Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Longfellow wrote the poem not long after the death of his first wife and while thinking about how to make the best of life
  8. 21. A philosophical and literary movement that emphasized living a simple life and celebrating the truth found in nature and in personal emotion and imagination
  9. 23. Disturbance of the emotions; agitation; uneasiness
  10. 24. Creates vivid impressions for the reader
  11. 25. Examine something carefully and then make judgements about it
  12. 27. An American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline
  13. 28. a poem by the American poet William Cullen Bryant. Meaning 'a consideration of death', the word is derived from the Greek 'thanatos' and 'opsis'
  14. 29. Attitude toward his or her subject
  15. 30. Written by American transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau. The text is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and somewhat a manual for self-reliance.
Down
  1. 1. An American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century
  2. 2. The tale of a “traveller” who arrives at a shore, hurries to a nearby town, and never returns the way they came. The poem can be read as an extended metaphor for the brevity of human life and the mystery of death
  3. 3. Written by Henry David Thoreau is an 1849 essay that argues that citizens must disobey the rule of law when the law proves to be unjust
  4. 4. An American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience"
  5. 7. Suited to one’s needs or nature; agreeable
  6. 8. A group of New England poets whose work was morally uplifting and romantically engaging
  7. 9. Makes abstract ideas more appealing and easier to grasp
  8. 10. To violate a command or law
  9. 11. In an unhurried and thoughtful manner
  10. 13. Acting with sudden or rash energy; hasty
  11. 17. Known as “the author of America” for helping create a distinctive American literature
  12. 18. A philosophical and literary movement that emphasized living a simple life and celebrating the truth found in nature and in person emotion and imagination
  13. 20. Low; contemptible; wretched
  14. 22. Written by Ralph Waldo Emerson in which Emerson outlines his beliefs regarding the relationship between humankind and nature. Emerson begins by asserting that humans need to develop their own sense of self and their own beliefs
  15. 26. Written by American transcendentalist philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. It contains the most thorough statement of one of Emerson's recurrent themes: the need for each individual to avoid conformity and false consistency, and follow his own instincts and ideas