The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

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Washington Irving

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Introduction Intro
Plot Summary Plot
Summary & Analysis
  • Main Story
  • Postscript
Themes
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  • History and Storytelling Theme Icon
    History and Storytelling
  • Reality, Imagination, and the Supernatural Theme Icon
    Reality, Imagination, and the Supernatural
  • War and Battle Theme Icon
    War and Battle
  • Consumption, Appetite, and Greed Theme Icon
    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 Symbol Icon
    Head of the Headless Horseman
  • Cotton Mather’s “History of New England Witchcraft” Symbol Icon
    Cotton Mather’s “History of New England Witchcraft”
Lit 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
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  • Main Story Quiz
  • Postscript Quiz
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