20 questions
What is tone in literature?
The author's attitude towards the subject
The feelings and emotions of reader based on text evidence.
The symbolism present in a story.
A story that teaches a lesson.
What is mood in literature?
The feelings and emotions of reader based on text evidence.
The way that an author uses symbols in a text.
The author's attitude towards the subject.
The lesson that is taught in a short story.
Which of the following is NOT an example of Dark Romanticism?
Nature is dark and mysterious.
People are sinful.
Supernatural elements.
Positive about human potential.
Dark Romantics believe nature is a deeply spiritual force.
True
False
Dark Romantics could be called the optimists of this style.
True
False
Gothic Literature is another name for Dark Romanticism
true
false
To a Dark Romantic a rose may be a symbol of
hope
love
beauty
loss
Dark Romantics believed that evil and sin were hard to identify and that they lead to self destruction.
True
False
What did the dark romantics focus on as subject matter?
how nature is comforting
the twisted inner workings of the human mind
the beauty of the spiritual realm
sordid love stories
Which of the following authors was NOT a dark romantic writer?
Edgar Allan Poe
Washington Irving
William Shakespeare
Herman Melville
Which of the following words expresses the idea of being deeply sad?
avarice
meager
speculating
melancholy
Which of the following is NOT an accurate word to describe the mood of this image?
eerie
ominous
foreboding
promising
Dark Romantics saw nature as perfect and spiritual.
True
False
Dark Romantics saw nature as mysterious, dark and decaying.
True
False
Logic and reason were most important to Dark Romantics.
True
False
Feelings and intuition were most important to the Dark Romantics.
True
False
The setting in Dark Romantic fiction is just as much a character as the actual human characters.
True
False
Dark Romantic heroes often fail or go mad.
True
False
Which of the following is a characteristic of both Romanticism and Dark Romanticism?
Nature can be scary and deadly.
Humans are essentially turbulent and madness is a potential state of any mind.
Humans are essentially good.
Nature is mysterious and amazing.
Which of the following is not true about both Romanticism and Dark Romanticism?
Both emphasize the beauty and healing power of nature
Both place their stories firmly in the heart of nature
Both avoid placing their stories in large cities and factories
Both focus on stories that concern individuals and their motives