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Item 1 one characteristic of the American
Romantic hero is a sense of honor based on some
high principal
Corrected One characteristic of the American
Romantic hero is a sense of honor based on some
high principle.
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Item 2 Some of Washington Irvings storys was
based on german folk tales.
Corrected Some of Washington Irvings stories
were based on German folk tales.
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Item 3 Was Rip Van Winkle lazy or was he just a
good natured man which enjoied not doing to much.
Corrected Was Rip Van Winkle lazy, or was he
just a good-natured man who enjoyed not doing too
much?
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Item 4 among american writers of the
nineteenth-century there was intellectual ferment
Corrected Among American writers of the
nineteenth century, there was intellectual
ferment. hyphen deleted
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Item 5 The formation of various utopian groups
were a result of this ferment.
Corrected The formation of various utopian
groups was a result of this ferment.
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Item 6 The word transcendental refers to the
idea, that one must go beyond every day experience
Corrected The word transcendental refers to the
idea that one must go beyond everyday experience.
comma deleted
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Item 7 Transcendentalists were idealists, they
beleived in human perfectibility.
Corrected Transcendentalists were idealists
they believed in human perfectibility.
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Item 8 Emerson begun to give public lectures to
supplement his meager income.
Corrected Emerson began to give public lectures
to supplement his meager income.
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Item 9 he demanded that american scholars free
themselves from the passed.
Corrected He demanded that American scholars
free themselves from the past.
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Item 10 William Cullen Bryant was only sixteen
years old when he wrote the poem thanatopsis
Corrected William Cullen Bryant was only sixteen
years old when we wrote the poem Thanatopsis.
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Item 11 I couldnt of wrote a poem like that when
I was sixteen my Dad said.
Corrected I couldnt have written a poem like
that when I was sixteen, my dad said.
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Item 12 The movie Dead Poets Society include
quotations from Thoreaus book Walden.
Corrected The movie Dead Poets Society includes
quotations from Thoreaus book Walden.
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Item 13 About twenty eight dollars are how much
Thoreau spent, to build his house at Walden pond.
Corrected About twenty-eight dollars is how much
Thoreau spent to build his house at Walden Pond.
comma deleted
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Item 14 In this here letter martin luther king jr
explains his veiws on the difference between just
and unjust laws.
Corrected In this letter Martin Luther King,
Jr., explains his views on the difference between
just and unjust laws. here deleted
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Item 15 some of the masterpeices of American
literature was written in the nineteenth century
Corrected Some of the masterpieces of American
literature were written in the nineteenth
century.