American Literature exam with correct answers 2024
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Course
American Literature
Institution
American Literature
Pre-1620 correct answers Pre-Colonial Period
correct answers Colonial/Revolutionary Period
correct answers Romantic/Transcendentalist Period
correct answers Realist/Naturalist Period
Elevated Language correct answers Use of complicated vocabulary, syntax and sentence structure
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1620-1800 correct answers Colonial/Revolutionary Period
1800-1850 correct answers Romantic/Transcendentalist Period
1850-1900 correct answers Realist/Naturalist Period
Elevated Language correct answers Use of complicated vocabulary, syntax and
sentence structure
1620 correct answers The year the Puritan Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock in
Massachusetts.
Syntax correct answers Word order
Meter correct answers The rhythm or beat of a line or lines of poetry
Creation Myth correct answers A story that explains how the universe or the earth was
created.
Major Realist Writers correct answers Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe
Primary Source correct answers A first-hand source
Secondary source correct answers A source created by someone who did not witness
an event firsthand.
Historical Narrative correct answers A story about history.
External Conflict correct answers Man vs Man, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. society
Internal Conflict correct answers Man vs. self
Of Plymouth Plantation correct answers A primary source about the founding of one of
America's earliest settlements.
Slave Narratives correct answers Autobiographical accounts by persons who suffered
the horrors of slavery.
Sensory Imagery correct answers Words that appeal to the five senses
, Writer's Purpose correct answers To inform, to entertain, to express him/herself, or to
persuade
Puritan Beliefs correct answers Humans are inherently evil, personal salvation depends
on the grace of god, and the Bible is the supreme authority on earth.
Puritan Values correct answers Hard work, family life, community service, and
education.
Iambic Pentameter correct answers A form of meter where each line of poetry has ten
syllables, following an unstressed-stressed pattern.
Inverted Syntax correct answers The reversal of word order.
Anne Bradstreet correct answers The first important American poet.
Rhyme Scheme correct answers The pattern of rhymes in a poem.
AA, BB, CC, DD, EE, FF, GG correct answers An example of rhyme scheme.
Subject matter of Anne Bradstreet's poetry correct answers Everyday life, family, love
between husband and wife
Persuasive Writing correct answers Writing intended to convince a reader to adopt a
particular opinion or to perform a certain action.
Loaded Language correct answers Words with strong connotations/emotional
associations.
Jonathan Edwards correct answers Puritan minister who wrote and preached Sinners
in the Hands of an Angry God.
Emotional Appeals correct answers Rely on emotionally charged language that triggers
intense feelings like fear, insecurity, etc.
Logical Appeals correct answers Imply that if the readers are reasonable people, they
will do or think what the writer desires.
Protagonist correct answers The main character in a work of literature.
Antagonist correct answers The character who opposes the main character in a work of
literature.
Theme correct answers The main idea or message at the core of a work of literature
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