New England Renaissance Review

Tomorrow's quiz will cover the following:

• Introduction to the New England Renaissance notes (pink handout with PowerPoint slides).
• When did the New England Renaissance occur?
• What was going on at the time?
• Which two literary movements occurred simultaneously in this renaissance?

• Vocabulary
• English 10=advocate, contemplate, idealism, subjective, objective, and assertion
• Advanced 10=all of the above plus solitude and didactic
• I emailed you guys links to the vocabulary flashcards I made a while back.

• Transcendentalism
• What was it?
• Who was involved?
• What was the writing like?
• What were the philosophies?
• What were the main features of "Civil Disobedience?"

• Gothicism
• What was it?
• Who was involved?
• What was the writing like?
• What were the philosophies?

• Critical Reading
• What are the steps in critically reading poetry?
• What does it mean to paraphrase?
• What is SOAPSTone?
• What is the rhetorical transaction and how does it apply to the readings from the New England Renaissance?

You will also be asked to read a few excerpts and conduct critical readings of them. They will not be any harder than the ones we covered in class. :-)

Spend some time quizzing each other, sorting out your notes, reviewing vocabulary, and rereading some of the texts we read and discussed. Please also refresh your memory on the RHETORICAL TRANSACTION.