two forms of writing in “Boom in the Calaveras Clarion”
realistic and romantic
_________ was an editor/journalist
Bret Harte
a stock character, similar to a stereotype, rather than a developed, three-dimensional character
character type
the overly emotional treatment of a subject in an attempt to elicit or play upon the reader’s emotions
sentimentalism
describes writing that uses a specific setting and gives special attention to that setting’s landscape, customs, dialect, dress, and beliefs of the people
local color
3 parts of the romantic aspect of the Boom in the Calaveras Clarion
local color, character type, sentimentalism
two parts of the Boom in the Calaveras Clarion that were realistic
setting and dialogue
name of the couple in the Boom in the Calaveras Clarion
the Dimmidges
Boom in the Calaveras Clarion
1. shapes used in the columns of the articles
2. how they got back together
3. price of the column
- running slave, arm with hammer
- personals
- $100
wrote the Boom in the Calaveras Clarion
Bret Harte
Hoosier poet
James Whitcomb Riley
descriptive words or phrases that appeal to sense perceptions
imagery
the use of words that imitate the sounds being described
onomatopoeia
James Whitcomb Riley used ________
(Indiana) dialect
James Whitcomb Riley wrote ________
When the Frost is on the Punkin
When the Frost is on the Punkin tells of what season?
fall
country girl who moved to the city, inspired by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Sarah Orne Jewett
__________’s writing career was cut short by a head and spine injury
Sarah Orne Jewett
conflict between characters or between a character and his environment, whether society or nature
external conflict
conflict between a character and his own emotions or duties, or both
internal conflict
Sarah Orne Jewett wrote _______
A White Heron
is A White Heron internal or external conflict?
internal
the ornithologist in A White Heron offered Sylvia ______ dollars
$10
Daughter of Amherst
Emily Dickinson
