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American Literature exam with correct answers 2024

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18th Century American Lit. correct answers a pale imitation of it's British model 19th Century American Lit. correct answers a "national lit." developed and was made up of American themes Washington Irving and James Fenimore Cooper correct answers two of the earliest American writers Ra...

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American Literature

18th Century American Lit. correct answers a pale imitation of it's British model

19th Century American Lit. correct answers a "national lit." developed and was made
up of American themes

Washington Irving and James Fenimore Cooper correct answers two of the earliest
American writers

Ralph Waldo Emerson correct answers defined American poetry, he wrote on fact,
using ordinary themes

Emily Dickinson correct answers a female poet, who wrote of death, immortality, and
life's purpose. Her unique style paved the way for modern American poetry

Nathaniel Hawthorne correct answers an American novelist who wrote "allegories of
the heart", including "The Scarlet Letter", he raised sin and guilt to an art form

Dialect correct answers the way people speak in a certain region or area

The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin correct answers Written by Mark Twain, includes a
mythic tale of death, rebirth, freedom, and human bondage as an emblem for the
universal themes of injustice and social bondage. Captures the diverse dialects of
American English

Literature correct answers any type of art expressed in writing, includes poetry, fiction,
nonfiction, and drama

The three primary genres correct answers prose, poetry, and drama

Prose correct answers Articles, autobiographies, biographies, novels, essays, and
editorials, all written work that is not poetry, drama, or song.

Poetry correct answers a type of literature in which words are selected and stung
together for their beauty, sound, and power to express feelings.

Drama correct answers a piece of literature intended to be performed in front of an
audience, actors tell the story through their words and actions

Autobiography correct answers A person's story of his or her own life

Biography correct answers A story about a person's life, written by another person

,Essay correct answers A brief writing on a particular subject or idea.

Fable correct answers A short, easy-to-read story that teaches a lesson about people,
often featuring talking animals who act like people

Fiction correct answers Writing, such as novels and short stories, that tell about
imaginary events and characters.

Realistic fiction correct answers Fiction that seems very similar to real life

Folktale correct answers A story that has been handed down from generation to
generation.

Legend correct answers A story that explains how or why something in nature
originated. They are sometimes based on historical facts, but often have exaggerated
details and characters

Humor correct answers Parts of a story that are amusing

Memoir correct answers A first-person writing about an event.

Myth correct answers A story from ancient days that explains certain aspects of life and
nature.

Novel correct answers A long work of fiction with one main plot and several subplots.

Short story correct answers Narrative prose fiction, shorter than a novel, which focuses
on a single character and a single event.

Tall tale correct answers A folktale that exaggerates the main events or the characters'
abilities.

Ballad correct answers A story told in song form.

Lyric poem correct answers Brief, musical poems that convey a speaker's feelings.

Narrative poem correct answers A story in poetic form.

Sonnet correct answers A 14-line poem with a set rhythm and rhyme scheme.

Antagonist correct answers The force or person in conflict with the main character (the
protagonist) in a work of literature.

Conflict correct answers A struggle or fight.

, Plot correct answers The arrangement of events in a work of literature.

Point of view correct answers The position from which a story is told.

Stanza correct answers A group of lines in a poem

Verse correct answers A line of poetry

End rhyme correct answers when words at the end of lines of poetry have the same
sound

Internal rhyme correct answers when words within a sentence share the same sound

Allusion correct answers A reference to a well-known place, event, person, work of art,
or other work of literature.

Verbal irony correct answers when there is a contrast between what is stated and what
is suggested

Dramatic irony correct answers when there is a contrast between what a character
believes and what the audience knows is true.

Irony of situation correct answers when an event reverses the reader's or character's
expectations.

Image correct answers A word that appeals to one or more of our five senses

Irony correct answers When the opposite of what is expected occurs

Mood correct answers The strong feeling created within a literary work

Speaker correct answers The personality the writer assumes when telling a story.

Style correct answers An author's distinctive way of writing, includes word choice,
sentence length, and structure

Suspense correct answers The feeling of tension or anticipation created in a work

Symbol correct answers A person, place, or thing that represents an abstract idea

Theme correct answers The work's main idea

Tone correct answers The writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter

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