American Literature 2130 exam with correct answers 2024
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American Literature 2130
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American Literature 2130
Time & place of a poem or short story correct answers Setting
An implied comparison, establishes likeness between 2 distinctly different things. correct answers Metaphor
Definition of a word. correct answers Denotation
Use of words that sounds like their meaning. Ex: buzz, hiss correct...
Time & place of a poem or short story correct answers Setting
An implied comparison, establishes likeness between 2 distinctly different things.
correct answers Metaphor
Definition of a word. correct answers Denotation
Use of words that sounds like their meaning. Ex: buzz, hiss correct answers
onoomatopoeia
Un-rhymed rhythmical lineswhich vary in length. correct answers Free verse
A character that does not change from the beginning of the story to the end correct
answers static character
A character who contrasts and parallels the main character in a play or story. correct
answers Foil
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely
connected words. correct answers Alliteration
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
correct answers Connotation
A diagram by Guster Fretag; chart structure of tragedy. correct answers Fretag's
triangle
a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a
moral or political one. correct answers Allegory
the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.
correct answers Theme
Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity correct
answers Assonance
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. correct answers
Hyperbole
A four line stanza correct answers Quatrain
, Coined by John Locke. A blank state of mind. correct answers Tabla Rosa
Period beginning in the last quarter of 20th century. correct answers Modern Era
Concept of predestination. Only a few chosen for Salvation. correct answers
Unconditional Election
through Adam and Eve's fall, every person is born sinful - concept of Original Sin
correct answers Total Depravity
A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object
representing something abstract. correct answers Symbol
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme correct answers Couplet
visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work. correct answers
Imagery
Believe God is the creator but don't believe he intervenes in the world. correct answers
Deists view
Salvation could be earned through good deeds correct answers Covenant of Works
a binding agreement that christ made with all who believed in him that promised eternal
blessing correct answers Covenant of Grace
a duty of the government to protect people the people'd natural rights. To make people
think. correct answers Enlightment Ideas
Pilgrams & Separatists maintained ties to Great Britain
Puritans free of ties to Great Britain correct answers Diff. between Separatists or
Pilgrims & Puritans
Morbid, fascination with death. Elegiac. correct answers Aspects of Puritan Legacy
To provide spiritual insight and instruction correct answers purpose of puritan writing
A Puritan and the first colonial poet to be published. The main subjects of her poetry
were family, home, and religion. correct answers Ann Bradstreet
1. imagination and escapism
2. individuality
3. nature as a source of spirituality
4. looking to the past for wisdom
5. seeing the common man as a hero correct answers Romanticism Characteristics
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