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CLEP American Literature

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1. Local Colorist Wrote 'The Country of the Pointed Firs' Famous for use of idiomatic language - conservative values and imagery and vivid descriptions of rural New England.






2. All events follow natural laws.






3. Anne Bradstreet - Michael Wigglesworth - Edward Taylor






4. A long narrative that represents characters in a high position who take part in a series of adventures of significance.






5. Won the Nobel Prize - Novels concentrate on the turmoil of modern Jewish life.






6. All written work that is not poetry - drama or song. Articles - autobiographies - biographies - essays - novels and editorials are prose.






7. The primacy of science over religious - mythical - or spiritual interpretations of life.






8. Wrote 'Howl -' ' Empty Mirror -' and 'Kaddish and Other Poems' - Poet






9. A literary mask a writer assumes for the purpose of creating a character in a poem.






10. Involves a speaker who addresses an unseen audience. Usually takes place at a crucial moment in the speaker's life.






11. (Colonial Period) Wrote Of Plymouth Plantation (First Thanksgiving) - Chronicled the Pilgrim experience from the religious considerations that caused them to leave England for Holland and then for America.Style is dignified and Grave - and events are






12. Best-known and most influential early Naturalist. Rougon-Marcquart






13. America's most popular humorist in the 30s and 40s. Frequently explored the battle of the sexes. Wrote 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.'






14. Greatest poet of American colonial period. Influenced T.S Elliot - Ezra Pound - and other modern-day metaphysical poets. Defined 'American'






15. First Black female poet to win a Pulitzer. Best known for her poems 'The Bean Eaters' and 'We Real Cool.'






16. Wrote 'The Call of the Wild -' 'White Fang -' ' Sea Wolf -' and 'To Build a Fire.' Socialist. Naturalist






17. Stylistic Elements Parallel Structure: repeated used of phrases - clauses - or sentences that are similar in structure. Rhythm - Forceful and Direct Language






18. A group of lines in a poem. - Lines of poems are grouped into _______s - just as sentences of prose are grouped into paragraphs.






19. A line or group of lines repeated at the end of a poem or song. Refrains reinforce the main point and create musical effects.






20. First vice president and second president. Member of the First and Second Continental Congresses. Helped draft the Declaration of Independence. Husband of Abigail Adams.






21. A stanza.






22. Movement in the early part of the 20th Century where writers experimented with new themes such as fragmentation - stream of consciousness - and imagery.






23. 'The Old Man and the Sea -' 'The Sun Also Rises -' 'A Farewell to Arms -' and 'For Whom the Bell Tolls.' Writing style emphasizes: Short sentences - brief paragraphs - active verbs - authenticity - compression - clarity - and immediacy. Produced some






24. Confessional Poet - Won a Pulitzer for 'Live or Die'






25. New England local color writer - is known primarily for her two collections of stories. 'A Humble Romance' and 'A New England Nun'






26. Major theme of 20th Century literature.






27. Poetry that does not have a regular beat - rhyme or line length. Walt Whitman






28. Coined the term 'Beat Generation' - Wrote 'On the Road' - All of his books are Autobiographical






29. Typically referred to as the greatest American novelist (next to Mark Twain) of the second half of the 19th century. Main theme of his work was the innocence and exuberance of America compared to the corruption and wisdom of Europe. Wrote 'The Portra






30. Friedrich Nitezche's belief in the 'will to power' as the primary force of society and the individual.






31. The belief that 'true' Americans were those of earlier Anglo-Saxon descent - and that this 'race' was under threat from the growing influx of Central European and Asian immigrants.






32. A philosophy pioneered by Ralph Waldo Emerson in the 1830's and 1840's - in which each person has direct communication with God and Nature - and there is no need for organized churches. It incorporated the ideas that mind goes beyond matter - intuiti






33. Clever - memorable sayings.






34. Applying the evolutionary 'survival of the fittest' concept to a world marked by struggle and competition. (Promulgated by Herbert Spencer - a best-selling sociologist of the late 19th Century.






35. Wrote 'since feeling is first -' 'somewhere i have never traveled - gladly beyond -' and 'The Enormous Room' - Experimented with : form - punctuation - spelling - typography - grammar - imagery - rhythm - and syntax.






36. People who are best adapted to survive are chosen through the process of natural selection.






37. Wrote 'Richard Cory' - Created poems dealing with historic myths and characters. Known primarily for short - ironic characteristics of ordinary individuals. Won 3 Pulitzers : 'Collected Poems -' 'The Man Who Died Twice -' and 'Tristram'






38. Considered the voice of the Twenties. Wrote 'The Great Gatsby' - Heavy drinking problem.






39. (Colonial Period) First writer of American Literature. Wrote 'The Generall Historie of Virginia - New England - and The Summer Isles.' Archetypal American.






40. Southern Gothic writer. Creates stories that simultaneously shock readers and reflect her strong Catholic faith.

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41. Chicago School - Work bridges folk poetry and modernist poems. Used music and strong rhythm - Wrote 'The Congo'






42. Autobiography is considered the one of the greatest ever written. Wrote Poor Richard's Alamanac






43. Writings portray the lives of poor - oppressed black women in the early 1900s.






44. A literary argument that aims to change public opinion rather than entertain.






45. Pilgrim's constitution. Shaped the politics - religion - and social behavior of the first settlers. Eventually influenced the shape - style and content of the U.S Constitution. William Bradford was famous for being one of the authors and signers.






46. American novelist - essayist - social critic - painter and spoken performer. Most of his works are autobiographical. Frequently experimented with drugs. He wrote the 'Naked Lunch' and the 'Cities of Red Night'






47. A false science that argued tat different human races possessed distinguishing traits that determined their particular behavior and achievement in society.






48. A pattern of stressed unstressed syllables that create a beat - as in music.






49. The beat or rhythm of a poem - created by a pattern of stressed an unstressed syllables.






50. Third US President Referred to as the 'Sage of Monticello'Drafted the Declaration of Independence.