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AUTHOR STUDY

AUTHOR STUDY. BY RACHEL CLARK CP English Mrs. Ventresco 10/23/07. DEFINITIONS. FIGURES OF SPEECH. Words or groups of words the writer doesn't mean literally. METAPHOR. An indirect comparison between two or more seemingly unrelated subjects that typically uses "is" to join them.

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AUTHOR STUDY

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  1. AUTHOR STUDY BY RACHEL CLARK CP English Mrs. Ventresco 10/23/07

  2. DEFINITIONS

  3. FIGURES OF SPEECH Words or groups of words the writer doesn't mean literally

  4. METAPHOR An indirect comparison between two or more seemingly unrelated subjects that typically uses "is" to join them

  5. SYMBOLISM Visual or verbal imagery used to represent a message or moral

  6. SOUND EFFECTS IN POETRY

  7. RHYTHM The arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements

  8. RHYME Correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines

  9. METER The arrangement of words in a rhythmical pattern with stressed and unstressed syllables

  10. ALLITERATION The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of two or more words

  11. ONOMATOPOEIA The use of words that sound like what they mean

  12. ASSONANCE The repetition of vowel sounds

  13. CONSONANCE The repetition of similar consonant sounds, especially at the ends of words

  14. FIVE AUTHORS

  15. Nathaniel Hawthorne Hawthorne uses symbolism here to help visualize the evil and pain in the soul. “…and gnawed and tortured by some black trouble of the soul…” –The Scarlet Letter

  16. EDGAR ALLAN POE Poe uses a simile here when he compares his fury with that of a beating drum and how it increases. “It increased my fury, as the beating of a drum…” –The Tell-Tale Heart

  17. Washington Irving Irving uses onomatopoeia here with the word “murmur” and how it explains the sound of the stream. “A small brook glides through it, with just murmur enough to lull one to repose…” –The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

  18. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Longfellow uses rhyme here when he writes the words “hear” and “Revere.” “Listen, my children, and you shall hearOf the midnight ride of Paul Revere…” –The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

  19. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson uses alliteration here when he writes “music” and “mellow” to express the sound of the bell. “I love thy music, mellow bell…” -The Bell

  20. PROPOSITION ABOUT EDGAR ALLAN POE’S BELIEFES

  21. I believe that Edgar Allan Poe was both a romantic and transcendentalist because he wrote a lot of romantic stories about woman that he fell in love with during his lifetime. But I think he was more a transcendentalist Because he greatly believed in living only for pure reason and that if you didn’t sin at all while you were on earth you would go to heaven.

  22. TODAY’S EFFECTS FROM THE WRITERS

  23. I believe we still feel the effects of the monumental changes these writers brought about in the way that Americans view themselves, their society, and the world of nature because it shows us how to be transcendentalists like they were and live for pure reason. It makes us look in the mirror to see what is wrong with our life and how we could fix it. Their writing makes us look at the society because it points out the traditions of the society and how they are moral or immoral and why. It kind of give us a better idea of what is right and what is wrong. Finally, I think it makes us look at the world of nature because it shows us how natural resources, that are all around us and waiting for us to use them, can help us in our lives. It shows how we don’t need to spend all our time coming up with bigger or better inventions to wipe out competition or for what ever reason and that we need to take a look around us and use what we have already.

  24. EXAMPLES Information from Edgar Allan Poe’s story The Tell-Tale Heart is still prevalent today because it talks about how no matter what kind of crime you commit, whether it’s murder or lying, you are going to feel guilt until you confess. The Scarlet Letter is still prevalent today because it talks about how you can’t keep secrets forever and that they will be exposed someday so you might as well come out and tell everyone the truth before you get into a lot of trouble. I believe that Longfellow’s story The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere is still prevalent today because it talks about courage and the strength it takes to do what’s right. All these morals are still around today; however, they are not always used and shown as avidly.

  25. WORKS CITED www.thinkport.org/5d8dadfd-d99a-4295-88ce-ca8a39e449ff.asset en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphor student.ccbcmd.edu/~srikin/Home-base/ARTS118SITE/GLOSSARYa%20rt118.htm wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn instech.tusd.k12.az.us/Core/glossary/writeglossary.doc mdk12.org/instruction/curriculum/reading/glossary.shtml www.wcs.k12.va.us/users/honaker/Literary_TermsTeaching1.ppt www.oed.com/learning/ks4/notes.html www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0903237.html http://www.online-literature.com/hawthorne/scarletletter/11/ http://www.online-literature.com/poe/44/ http://www.online-literature.com/irving/2846/ http://www.online-literature.com/henry_longfellow/946/ http://www.online-literature.com/emerson/581/ Author Study from Live Sharing Session

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