Ralph Waldo Emerson

Question 3 • Common Core ELA 11 - ELA3011 CR

Based on the essay’s central ideas, what is Emerson trying to convince the reader to think or do?Check all of the boxes that apply.

Answer

go out into nature and commune with the divine

experience real solitude to truly perceive nature

take walks rarely in order not to tire of nature

realize that individuals are meant to learn from nature and transcend it

view nature on sunny days and avoid it on overcast days

think of nature as a symbol of the divine

Emily Dickinson's Poetry

Walt Whitman’s "Song of Myself"

Henry David Thoreau - Walden