The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Main Story Postscript
Themes
All Themes History and Storytelling Reality, Imagination, and the Supernatural War and Battle Consumption, Appetite, and Greed
Quotes
Characters
All Characters Ichabod Crane Diedrich Knickerbocker Brom Bones Katrina Van Tassel Hans Van Ripper Headless Horseman Storyteller
Symbols
All Symbols Head of the Headless Horseman Cotton Mather’s “History of New England Witchcraft”
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Allusions Dramatic Irony Foil Foreshadowing Frame Story Genre Hyperbole Idioms Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Personification Setting Style Tone Unreliable Narrator Verbal Irony
Quizzes
All Quizzes Main Story Quiz Postscript Quiz
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
by Washington Irving
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Main Story Quiz 48 questions

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