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CLEP American Literature

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1. Wrote 'The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass.' Escaped slave that became one o f the most effective orators of his day - an influential newspaper writer - a militant abolitionist - and a famous diplomat.






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






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






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






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






6. A type of literature win which words are selected and strung together for their beauty - sound - and power to express feelings.






7. A regular pattern of words that end with the same sound.






8. A story in poetic form. Has plot. characters and theme.






9. The idea that there is something different - unique and special about Americans.






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






11. Wrote 'Portnoy's Complaint.' Work reflects the changing attitude of Jews living in post-World War II America.






12. Well-known humorists.






13. 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.






14. End : occurs when words at the ends of lines of poetry rhyme. Internal: occurs when words within a sentences share the same sound - such as 'Each narrow cell in which we dwell.'






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






16. Recluse - agoraphobic - Didn't title her poems. All are designated by numbers. Paved the way for the Imagist movement of the 1920s. Considered on of the founders of Modern American Poetry. Concrete imagery - forceful language - and unique style usher






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






18. Pattern of five feet (groups of syllables) - each having one unstressed syllable and one stressed syllable.






19. Wrote 'The Souls of Black Folk' - Founder of the NAACP






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






21. A story told in song form. Ballads often tell stories of adventure and love.






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






23. (Colonial Period) 1. God is King and Ruler. 2. Our duty in this world is to see that God's will prevails.3. Man is depraved from birth. 4. Few will be saved. Damned are damned despite their best efforts. Belief in Covenant Theology : God's covenant w






24. Local Colorist Great Niece of Harriet Beecher Stowe. Wrote 'The Yellow Wallpaper'






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






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






27. Leader of naturalism in American writing. Wrote 'An American Tragedy'






28. Produced a number of sketches - poems - and a one-act pay titled 'Cane.'






29. Resisted materialism and chose a life of simplicity - close to nature. Walden is a guidebook for life - showing the reader how to live wisely in a world designed to make wise living impossible. 'On the Duty of Civil Disobedience' has become a primer






30. Wrote gold-rush stories like 'The Luck of Roaring Camp' and 'The Outcasts of Poker Flat'; never matched up to his previous fame local colorist






31. The process of reading a poem to figure out it's meter.






32. Wished to return to more primitive principles - to simplicity - sobriety - religious earnestness - and personal self-control. Aim was to purify church of England from 'Popery' - Persecuted harshly by Charles I and Archbishop of Canterbury William Lau






33. Created new poetic forms and subjects to fashion a distinctly American type of poetic expression. Rejected conventional themes - traditional literary references - allusions - and rhymes. Used long lines to capture rhythms of natural speech - free ver






34. Chicago School : Verses often concern ordinary - everyday people; realistic poems and dramatic emphasis attract a large audience. Wrote 'Chicago -' and a biography of Abraham Lincoln. Poems describe everyday Americans - have a positive tone - use sim






35. Unorthodox writers who hung around the bars and coffee houses of San Francisco's North Beach.






36. Wrote 'Native Son -' and 'Black Boy' - First Black Best-Seller - Staunch Communist : Believed it was black America's best hope for equality.






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






38. Brief - musical poems that convey a speaker's feelings.






39. Wrote 'The Invisible Man' - Considered a landmark achievement in American literature






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






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






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






43. A single sheet of paper printed on one or both sides. 'The Dying Redcoat'






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






45. Words that carry a strong emotional overtones.






46. 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






47. A 14-line poem with a set rhythm and rhyme scheme.






48. (Colonial Period) Began 'The History of New England' aboard the Arbella in 1630. Lead 2 -000 English emigrant to Massachusetts Bay. Made daily journal-style entries until his death. Intended it to be an account of his long governorship. Style is pla






49. Wrote 'The House of Mirth -' and 'The Age of Innocence' most famous for 'Ethan Frome' Noted use of indirection and allusion. First women to win a Pulitzer for 'The Age of Innocence' Main themes were upper-class life and the constraints it placed on b






50. The repeated use of identical sounds.