Transcendentalist, a subgenre of American Romanticism, was based in which of the following beliefs?
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The natural and spiritual world are connected.
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Which of the following is the best definition of literary criticism?
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An interpretation of a work of literature supported by quotations, details, and personal responses.
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Which of these people would be least likely to appreciate Transcendentalist ideas?
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A Puritan preacher.
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Which of the following words in an antonym for devout?
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Unfaithful.
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Which of the following words is a synonym for dauntless?
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Confident.
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Thoreau included the following sentence in Walden:
"There is some of the same fitness in a man's building his own house that there is in a bird's building its own nest."
Which of the following statements rephrases his literal comparison as a metaphor?
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A man's house is his nest.
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Which of the following statements about Walden is not true?
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Walden led to Henry David Thoreau's arrest.
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What type of pronoun appears in the following excerpt from Walden:
"Under the most splendid house in the city is still to be found the cellar where they store their roots as of old..."
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Personal pronoun.
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When analyzing the audience for your descriptive essay, you should consider:
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Background information you need to provide to make your description more meaningful.
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YOU HAVE TO PARAPHRASE THESE NEXT THREE ANSWERS.
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OR YOU'LL LIKELY LOSE POINTS FOR PLAGIARISM.
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Briefly describe what the literary moment Romanticism valued.
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Romantic ideas centered around art as inspiration, the spiritual and aesthetic dimension of nature, and metaphors of organic growth. Art, rather than science, Romantics argued, could best express universal truth. The Romantics underscored the importance of expressive art for the individual and society.
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List the eight parts of speech and give an example of each.
