American Literature Final Exam with correct answers 2024
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oral literature correct answers literature that is passed from one generation to another by performance or word of mouth
folk tale correct answers a short, simple story that is handed down, usually by word of mouth, from generation to generation
Puritan correct answers a member of a group ...
oral literature correct answers literature that is passed from one generation to another
by performance or word of mouth
folk tale correct answers a short, simple story that is handed down, usually by word of
mouth, from generation to generation
Puritan correct answers a member of a group of English Protestants of the late 16th
and 17th centuries who regarded the Reformation of the Church of England under
Elizabeth as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship
primary source correct answers materials written or created by people who were
present at events
secondary source correct answers accounts written by people were not directly
involved in or witnesses to an event
imagery correct answers the descriptive words and phrases that a writer uses to re-
create sensory experiences through the five senses
lyric poem correct answers a short poem in which a single speaker expresses thoughts
and feelings
analogy correct answers a point-by-point comparison between two things for the
purpose of clarifying the less familiar of the two subjects
Romanticism correct answers a movement in the arts that flourished in Europe and
America throughout much of the 19th century. Its writers glorified nature and celebrated
individuality. Their treatment of subject was emotional rather than rational, intuitive
rather than analytic
Transcendentalism correct answers a philosophy of transcendentalism, an American
offshoot of German romanticism, was based on a belief that "transcendent forms" of
truth exist beyond reason and experience
alliteration correct answers the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of
words often to impart musical quality, create mood, reinforce meaning, emphasize
particular words, or to unify lines or stanzas
assonance correct answers the repetition of vowel sounds within words often to impart
musical quality, create mood, reinforce meaning, emphasize particular words, or to unify
lines or stanzas
, consonance correct answers the repetition of consonant sounds within and at the ends
of words
situational irony correct answers a contrast between what is expected to happen and
what actually does happen
dramatic irony correct answers when readers know more about a situation or a
character in a story than the characters do
external conflict correct answers struggle between opposing forces that is the basis of a
story's plot. External conflict pits a character against nature, society, or another
character
internal conflict correct answers conflict between opposing forces within a character
meter/rhythm correct answers ____ is the repetition of a regular rhythmic unit in a line
of poetry.
____ refers to the pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and
unstressed syllables, particularly in poetry
rhyme scheme correct answers pattern of end rhyme charted by assigning a letter
beginning with the letter a, to each line. Lines that rhyme are given the same letter
loaded language correct answers consists of words with strongly positive or negative
connotations intended to influence a reader's or listener's attitude
connotation correct answers the emotional response evoked by a word
denotation correct answers a word's literal meaning
parallelism correct answers the use of similar grammatical constructions to express
ideas that are related or equal in importance
rhetorical question correct answers questions that do not require a reply. Writers use
them to suggest that their arguments make the answer obvious or self-evident
allusion correct answers an indirect reference to a person, place, event, or literary work
with which the author believes the reader will be familiar
metaphor correct answers figure of speech that compares two things that have
something in common. It do not use words like or as, but make comparisons directly
simile correct answers figure of speech that compares two things that have something
in common, using a word such as like or as
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