English 3 Realism

What are the Realism Traits

-events Plausible - character more important than plot -doesn't glorify anything -sprouted realist movements - detail of common place with common man -social change from rural to urban society -involves relationships

In the following passage from " An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" what type of point of view is being used? Why? "A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama, looking down into the swift water twenty feet below. The man's hands were behind his back, the wrists bound with a cord. A rope closely encircled his neck. It was attached to a stout cross-timber above his head and the slack feel to the level of his knees. Some loose boards laid upon the ties supporting the rails of the railway supplied a footing for him and his executioners - two private soldiers of the Federal army, directed by a sergeant who in civil life may have been a deputy sheriff. At a short remove upon the same temporary platform was an officer in the uniform of his rank, armed. He was a captain. A sentinel at each end of the bridge stood with his rifle in the position known as "support," that is to say, vertical in front of the left shoulder, the hammer resting on the forearm thrown straight across the chest - a formal and unnatural position, enforcing an erect carriage of the body. It did not appear to be the duty of these two men to know what was occurring at the center of the bridge; they merely blockaded the two ends of the foot planking that traversed it." (lines 1-15)

3rd person omniscient because it includes all the characters including Farquhar, the Captain and Soldiers feelings

Define First Person Narrator?

A story told by a charater in that story

Define Oscillation

Action of swinging back and forth

Define Undulating

Appealing to move in waves

Why does Walt Whitman use Free verse in his poems?

Because it was easier for the common man to read

How does "The Yellow Wallpaper" represent femmist Ideas?

Before the narrator ripped down the wallpaper she had to do everything her husband wanted and do the duties that society established as a Wife, but when she ripped the wallpaper she freed herself form the control of her husband, societies view of her a wife and all the duties that a Women had to do. She made herself Free.

What is the difference Between Free Verse and Blank Verse?

Blank Verse - Rhythm of Iambic Pentameter - Has no rhyme scheme -NO stanza structure Free Verse - No Rhythm -No Rhyme - No stanza Structure

In "I heard a Fly buzz" by Emily Dickinson; Identify the onomatopoeia is being used? "I heard a Fly buzz - when I died - The Stillness in the Room Was like the Stillness in the Air - Between the Heaves of Storm - The Eyes around - had wrung them dry - And Breaths were gathering firm For that last Onset - when the King Be witnessed - in the Room - I willed my Keepsakes - Signed away What portions of me be Assignable - and then it was There interposed a Fly - With Blue - uncertain stumbling Buzz - Between the light - and me - And then the Windows failed - and then I could not see to see - "

Buzz

From " i hear america singing" what literary is being used in the following passage? "I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong, The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,

Cataloging

Define Temperament

Characteristic made of emotional response

Name the Characters in " An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" ?

Farquhar- man hung for burning driftwood. He has a hallucination about the plank breaking, the rope freeing his hands, seeing the sharpshooters gray eyes, escaping into the woods, and embracing wife when his neck snaps

Define Derision

Harsh ridicule or mockery; scron

In " Song of myself" What is one metaphor that Whitman uses?

He compares Grass to human life because when we die we still turn into something living. We never truly die because we become grass and each blade of grass is a person.

What is the Message of " An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" ?

Imagination is not going to save you. Reality will eventually catch up with you

Define Flamboyant

Marked by strikingly elborate or colorful display

In "I heard a Fly buzz" by Emily Dickinson; Identify the Metaphor that is being used? "I heard a Fly buzz - when I died - The Stillness in the Room Was like the Stillness in the Air - Between the Heaves of Storm - The Eyes around - had wrung them dry - And Breaths were gathering firm For that last Onset - when the King Be witnessed - in the Room - I willed my Keepsakes - Signed away What portions of me be Assignable - and then it was There interposed a Fly - With Blue - uncertain stumbling Buzz - Between the light - and me - And then the Windows failed - and then I could not see to see - "

Metaphor is the eyes = windows , Fly = God

Define Misconstrued

Misunderstood; misinturpeted

Name the Characters in "The Yellow Wallpaper"?

Narrator- Women with no name that is suffering from temporary nervous depression. She disagrees with her husband on her recovery plan. She thinks that adventure would cure her. She hates the old nursery with bars on the window and yellow wallpaper with lines on it that her husband sticks her in. She secretly writes when her husband's not around. She starts to see a women the wallpaper that trapped during the day behind bars. Locks her in the room and tears down wallpaper to free the women in it. Becomes completely insane at the end but free Jennie- John's sister & the narrator's sister-in-law who takes care of the Narrators child and agrees with John that the Narrator may be going crazy John- Husband of the Narrator. They just had a baby together and he is a physician who has determined that in order to cure his wife she needs to be isolated in a room and getting plenty or rest. He refuses to take advice from his wife on her recovery.

In "I heard a Fly buzz" by Emily Dickinson; Identify the Simile that is being used? "I heard a Fly buzz - when I died - The Stillness in the Room Was like the Stillness in the Air - Between the Heaves of Storm - The Eyes around - had wrung them dry - And Breaths were gathering firm For that last Onset - when the King Be witnessed - in the Room - I willed my Keepsakes - Signed away What portions of me be Assignable - and then it was There interposed a Fly - With Blue - uncertain stumbling Buzz - Between the light - and me - And then the Windows failed - and then I could not see to see - "

Simile that is being used is: Stillness in the room is like the stillness in the air during a storm

What is being compared in " A noiseless and patient spider" by Walt Whitman

The Web is being compared to the soul

What Happens in the Plot of " An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" ?

The author use Third person omniscient and third person limited to tell story.Farquhar tries to help the confederates by burning up the drift wood by the bridge. He was tricked by a union solider dressed as a confederate telling him about the burnable driftwood and that it would help the confederate side. Farquhar would do anything to help the confederate since he wanted to be a solider. Farquhar was found by the bridge and sentenced to hang. While hanging he starts to dream about his escape, where he begins to hear his watch ticking that sounds like a bell (time is slower). Then His escape happens and his senses are heighten, he can see sharpshooter's grey eyes. He gets lost in the woods but somehow gets to his house. When he was about to embrace his wife his neck snaps. So his escape was just his imagination.

In "Beat Beat Drums!" by Walt Whitman who are the drums calling?

The drums and bungles call everyone to war. It shows that war is getting closer and it doesn't care who you are.

How is the Fly like God in " I heard a fly buzz" by Emily Dickinson

The fly takes over as god because in the myth you always see the light and god, but in this poem the fly enters the light and is the last thing she sees.

What Happened in the plot of "The Yellow Wallpaper"?

The narrator is suffering from temporary nervous depression so her husband takes her to their summer home that she thinks is beautiful. The narrator is excited and still sane. Then when her husband follows through with his recovery plan. She feels Trapped and isolated in the Old nursery with bars on the window, a bed nailed to the ground, yellow wallpaper with lines. After staying in the room for so long she discovers that a women is trapped in the wallpaper and she need to be free. So the narrator watches the wallpaper trying to figure out why the women is only free at night. Then the narrator locks herself in the old nursery and tears down the yellow wallpaper to free the women (her) from behind the bars. Her husband comes in and faints and the narrator creeps around in the room because she has gone insane but is finally free front he society of men

Define Summarily

Quickly and without ceremony

What is parallelism?

Related ideas phrased in similar ways. Ex; Born here of parents born here form parents the same and their parents the same

In the following passage from " An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" what type of point of view is being used? Why? "Beyond one of the sentinels nobody was in sight; the railroad ran straight away into a forest for a hundred yards, then, curving, was lost to view. Doubtless there was an outpost farther along. The other bank of the stream was open ground - a gentle slope topped with a stockade of vertical tree trunks, loopholed for rifles, with a single embrasure through which protruded the muzzle of a brass cannon commanding the bridge. Midway up the slope between the bridge and fort were the spectators - a single company of infantry in line, at 'parade rest,' the butts of their rifles on the ground, the barrels inclining slightly backward against the right shoulder, the hands crossed upon the stock. A lieutenant stood at the right of the line, the point of his sword upon the ground, his left hand resting upon his right. Excepting the group of four at the center of the bridge, not a man moved. The company faced the bridge, staring stonily, motionless. The sentinels, facing the banks of the stream, might have been statues to adorn the bridge. The captain stood with folded arms, silent, observing the work of his subordinates, but making no sign. Death is a dignitary who when he comes announced is to be received with formal manifestations of respect, even by those most familiar with him. In the code of military etiquette silence and fixity are forms of deference."

Third person omniscient because it is revealing all the characters feelings and not just one

In the following passage from " An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" what type of point of view is being used? Why? " He closed his eyes in order to fix his last thoughts upon his wife and children. The water, touched to gold by the early sun, the brooding mists under the banks at some distance down the stream, the fort, the soldiers, the piece of drift - all had distracted him. And now he became conscious of a new disturbance. Striking through the thought of his dear ones was sound which he could neither ignore nor understand, a sharp, distinct, metallic percussion like the stroke of a blacksmith's hammer upon the anvil; it had the same ringing quality. He wondered what it was, and whether immeasurably distant or near by - it seemed both. Its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell. He awaited each new stroke with impatience and - he knew not why - apprehension. The intervals of silence grew progressively longer; the delays became maddening. With their greater infrequency the sounds increased in strength and sharpness. They hurt his ear like the trust of a knife; he feared he would shriek. What he heard was the ticking of his watch."

Third- person limited because its is only taking about how farquhar feels and his thoughts

Define First Person Point of View?

Told by a character in the work whose knowledge is limited to his or her own experiences

Define Third Person Limited Point of View?

Told by a voice outside the story who focuses on ONE characters thoughts and feelings

Define Third Person Omniscient Point of View?

Told by a voice outside the story who reveals the thoughts and feelings of all the characters

What is Walt Whitman feel about Manual Labor, The soul, Himself, and War?

Whitman thinks that - Manual Labor is fulfilling -The soul is always seeking -He thinks of himself as the center of the universe -He thinks that war is vital to defense

Why is "Song of Myself" apart of realism

because the story shows everyday life with common jobs were people could be happy

In "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitmen Why does he not mention any wealthy men?

because they are not the common men who do physical labor and work the blue collar jobs just to make little money

Define Ineffable

beyond description ; inexpressible

Define Patent

obvious; apparent

Define Recurrent

occurring time after time

Define Poignant

physically or mentally painful

Define presaging

predicting presage

Define lurid

shocking; grusome

Define Fatuity

something foolish or stupid

Define Interminable

endless

What is Catalogue? Give example

frequent list of people, things, and attributes Ex: "The shoemaker is singing while he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands" (I Hear America Singing by Walt Whitman)

Define Malign

harmful ; evil

Define Ludicrious

laughably absurd ; ridiculous

What is Repetition?

The repeated words, or phrases at the beginning of two or more lines

In " The Soul Selects her own society" by Emily Dickinson What does she mean by society?

The society represents her BFF because she only get to chose one.

In the following passage from " An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" what type of point of view is being used? Why? "He was now in full possession of his physical senses. They were, indeed, preternaturally keen and alert. Something in the awful disturbance of his organic system had so exalted and refined them that they made record of things never before perceived. He felt the ripples upon his face and heard their separate sounds as they struck. He looked at the forest on the bank of the stream, saw the individual trees, the leaves and the veining of each leaf - he saw the very insects upon them: the locusts, the brilliant bodied flies, the gray spiders stretching their webs from twig to twig. He noted the prismatic colors in all the dewdrops upon a million blades of grass. The humming of the gnats that danced above the eddies of the stream, the beating of the dragon flies' wings, the strokes of the water spiders' legs, like oars which had lifted their boat - all these made audible music. A fish slid along beneath his eyes and he heard the rush of its body parting the water."

Third person limited only taking about one characters feelings and thoughts

In the following passage from " An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" what type of point of view is being used? Why? "Peyton Fahrquhar was dead; his body, with a broken neck, swung gently from side to side beneath the timbers of the Owl Creek bridge."

Third person omniscient because farquhar is dead and he cannot tell the story so the people observing him are

Define Convolution

a form or shape that is folded into curved, complicated winding