WALDEN TermsAllegoryAllusion—biblical, mythical, historicalAnalogy, extended metaphor, motifConnotation (figurative) vs. denotation (literal)EpiphanyImageryParadoxPersona, voiceSymbolism

WALDEN Terms (cont.)

Use of rhetoric:argumentation

- logical appeals: use of examples, facts details that appeal to common sense

- emotional appeals: use example, anecdote, or story that appeals to fears or desires

- ethical appeals: use of examples, facts, details, that appeal to honesty, responsibility, freedom, fairness

style- clarity (avoidance of showy language)- propriety (appropriateness—easy to learn)

WALDEN Themes

Transcendentalism• Intuition & conscience serve as guide• Nature and experience, not reason and

intellect, lead to discovery of higher truths• Concrete reality vs. abstract, symbolic level• Self-reliance as a means to authentic life

Walden commentaries1. p. 47, “I thus found that the student who

wishes…,” to p. 51, break. 2. p. 86, “I went to the woods…,” to p. 89, “…has but

the rudiment o an eye himself.”3. p. 154, “This is the result of my experience...,” to p.

157, end of chapter4. p. 198, “As I came home through the woods…,” to

p. 203, “…without fancy or imagination, whose vast abdomens betray them.”