KEY TERMS from the Romantic Period: characterization - the creation and development of a character Characterization is when the

he author reveals the traits of a character to the reader oth directl! and indirectl!" direct characterization - a writer tells !ou what a character is li#e $rvin% uses direct characterization when he tell the reader that Tom &al#er was 'not a man to e trou led with an! fears"( indirect characterization - the writer reveals a character)s personalit! throu%h the character)s speech* thou%hts* actions* appearance* and other character)s reactions $rvin% uses indirect characterization in Tom)s repl! to the +evil* who has threatenin%l! su%%ested that Tom is trespassin%: Your grounds! sad Tom with a sneer, no more your grounds than mine; they belong to Deacon Peabody. meter - in poetr!* the s!stematic arran%ement of stressed and unstressed s!lla les is called meter Meter in poetr! is what rin%s the poem to life and is the internal eat or rh!thm with which it is read" foot - the asic unit of meter* usuall! consists of one stressed and one or more unstressed s!lla les ,oot %ives rh!thm to poetr!" parable - stor! that teaches a moral lesson -u#e .:.-/ is an e0ample of a para le"

-u#e .:.-/: 3 So 1e told them this para le* sa!in%* 4 '&hat man amon% !ou* if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them* does not leave the ninet!-nine in the open pasture and %o after the one which is lost until he finds it2 5 &hen he has found it* he la!s it on his shoulders* re3oicin%" 6 4nd when he comes home* he calls to%ether his friends and his nei%h ors* sa!in% to them* 5Re3oice with me* for $ have found m! sheep which was lost6) 7 $ tell !ou that in the same wa!* there will e more 3o! in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninet!-nine ri%hteous persons who need no repentance"

ambiguity - uncertain meanin% '4 %ood life depends on a liver"( -iver ma! e an or%an or simpl! a livin% person

'The passer ! helps do% ite victim"( $s it helpin% do% to ite someone2 7r helpin% a person itten ! a do%2 8ot clear"

symbol - a person* place* or thin% that has its own meanin% and also represents somethin% lar%er* usuall! an a stract idea The main s!m ol in Melville)s %reat novel - the whale that %ives the oo# its title - is comple0" theme - central messa%e or comment on life 4 writer develops theme throu%h s!m ols* descriptions* characters* and ima%er!" Transcendentalism - an idealistic philosophical and social movement that developed in 8ew En%land around 9:.; in reaction to rationalism" $nfluenced ! romanticism*

Platonism* and Kantian philosoph!* it tau%ht that divinit! pervades all nature and humanit!* and its mem ers held pro%ressive views on feminism and communal livin%" Ralph &aldo Emerson and 1enr! +avid Thoreau were central fi%ures Transcendentalism states that the individual was at the center of the universe" narrative poetry - tells a stor! and has the same literar! elements as a wor# of prose fiction <allads and epics are two t!pes of narrative poem" dramatic poetry - uses the techni=ues of drama to present the speech of one or more characters in verse form 'The Raven( ! Ed%ar 4llen Poe is an e0ample of dramatic poetr!" lyric poetry - e0presses the thou%hts and feelin%s of a sin%le spea#er Music can e considered l!ric poetr!" diction - word choice The author uses specific diction to enhance clarit! and to ma#e a statement more powerful" onomatopoeia - words whose sounds imitate their meanin%s &hitman)s use of words li#e %runtin%* %a * and !awp %ive his poetr! an earth! =ualit!* while also su%%estin% that his ideas transcend lan%ua%e itself"