Romantic Poets: Wordsworth, Coleridge, Blake, and Their Works

Coleridge, Blake and Wordsworth

The Romantic period gives value to men’s individual consciousness, it was directly related to the expression of feelings, and states of mind.

Poetry itself became increasingly associated with a yearning for another time and place; The idea of the poet was changing from that of a maker to that of an introspective, brooding confessor.

The materials of poetry were becoming rather the inner life and private vision of the poet than public, social affairs, with an often-

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Emily Dickinson’s Conventions and Poems: A Study

Emily Dickinson Conventions

  • Quatrains

    4 line stanzas that echo the simple rhymes of church hymns

  • Slant Rhymes

    Words that do not exactly rhyme

  • Inventive punctuation and sentence structure

    Highlight important words and to break up the rhythm of her poems

  • Unconventional figurative language

    Similes, metaphors, and personification

  • Irregular capitalization and inverted syntax

    Emphasize important words

a mixture of iambic tetrameter and trimeter. Her rhyming also followed, for the most part, that of the ballad stanza

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Literary Devices and Themes in The Great Gatsby and Other Works

American Dream

– The widespread belief that the United States is a land of opportunity and that individual initiative and hard work can bring economic success

– Example: The Great Gatsby


Alliteration

– Repetition of initial sounds

– Example: ‘With a faint, chill crimson in her cheeks’


Allusion

– An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference

– Example: Carraway alludes to Midas and Morgan through the books he bought in the opening scene

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Extreme Vacation Activities: Thrill, Adventure, and Excitement

EXTREME

1-to go on vacation()to go on holiday()ir de vacaciones

2-thrill()excitement()emocion

3.brave()courageous()valiente

4.to dive()to jump into water()bucear profundo

5.skydiving()Jumping from a plane()paracaidismo

6.scuba diving()deep-sea swimming()buceo

7.to look for()to seek/sought/sought()

8.to come with the territory()be a normal and accepted…

9.cave()Large hole in the ground()cueva

10.injury()harm or damage()dolor

11.location()a place or position()ubicación

12.narrow()not wide()estrecho

13.to reach(

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Office Vocabulary and Synonyms

VOCABULARY

MISTAKES. Change the word in bold in the correct sentences

  1. Is there a rush for office accessories? BUDGET
  2. There are no forecast on opened packages. REFUNDS
  3. This is purchase is a high priority and i need a draft order. KEEP TRACK OF
  4. We keep our office supplies in the supply venue. CLOSET
  5. This is Lisa. I would like to keep track of an order. RUSH
  6. When you click here, a host displays product descriptions. POP-UP
  7. The attendance to the next meeting will be closet. MANDATORY
  8. Here’s a list of hotels,
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The Motif of the Journey in American Literature

The Journey

The journey is a very important motif in American literature (and indeed, in literature of all periods and cultures), understood not only as literal journey, but also as a metaphysical, introspective process of transformation. The motif of the Journey can be seen in many different works, such as Rip Van Winkle, Walden and The Scarlet Letter.

Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle

In Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle, the protagonist Rip, is the antithesis of the American hero. He is, so to

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