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The Early Romantics
The Devil and Tom Walker
RL 1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of inferences drawn from the text.
RL 2 Determine two themes of a text and analyze their development. RL 4 Analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including language that is fresh, engaging, or beautiful. RL 6 Distinguish what is directly stated from what is really meant. L 3 Apply knowledge of language to comprehend more fully when reading. L 4a Use context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. did you know?
Washington Irving . . .
• was a spectator at the trial of Aaron Burr.
• served as a colonel in the War of 1812.
• inspired the name of the New York Knicks basketball team.
• lost the love of his life when she died at 17.
Short Story by Washington Irving
Meet the Author
Washington Irving
1783–1859
The Headless Horseman has thundered through readers’ nightmares for nearly 200 years. Rip Van Winkle has been inspiring laughter for just as long. These characters, along with scores of others that populate his writing, helped make Washington
Irving the first American writer to achieve an international reputation.
A Reluctant Lawyer Born when the
nation was new and patriotism at its fiercest, Washington Irving was named for the country’s first president. He began studying law at 16 but never showed much enthusiasm for it. He did, however, have a passion for writing, a playful mind, and keen powers of observation. “I was always fond of visiting new scenes and observing strange characters and manners,” he once wrote. In 1807, he began publishing light satirical pieces about New York politics, culture, and theater.
Also Known As . . . In 1809, Irving
penned A History of New York from
Through the End the Beginning of Time Th satire of both of the Dutch Dynasty, a sa historical texts and the local politics was they chronicled. It w considered masterpiece, a comic
The Devil and Tom Walker
RL 1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of inferences drawn from the text.
RL 2 Determine two themes of a text and analyze their development. RL 4 Analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including language that is fresh, engaging, or beautiful. RL 6 Distinguish what is directly stated from what is really meant. L 3 Apply knowledge of language to comprehend more fully when reading. L 4a Use context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. did you know?
Washington Irving . . .
• was a spectator at the trial of Aaron Burr.
• served as a colonel in the War of 1812.
• inspired the name of the New York Knicks basketball team.
• lost the love of his life when she died at 17.
Short Story by Washington Irving
Meet the Author
Washington Irving
1783–1859
The Headless Horseman has thundered through readers’ nightmares for nearly 200 years. Rip Van Winkle has been inspiring laughter for just as long. These characters, along with scores of others that populate his writing, helped make Washington
Irving the first American writer to achieve an international reputation.
A Reluctant Lawyer Born when the
nation was new and patriotism at its fiercest, Washington Irving was named for the country’s first president. He began studying law at 16 but never showed much enthusiasm for it. He did, however, have a passion for writing, a playful mind, and keen powers of observation. “I was always fond of visiting new scenes and observing strange characters and manners,” he once wrote. In 1807, he began publishing light satirical pieces about New York politics, culture, and theater.
Also Known As . . . In 1809, Irving
penned A History of New York from
Through the End the Beginning of Time Th satire of both of the Dutch Dynasty, a sa historical texts and the local politics was they chronicled. It w considered masterpiece, a comic