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CLEP American Literature

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1. Won 4 Pulitzers - Top 20th Century Poet - Wrote 'The Road Not Taken -' ' Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening -' and 'Mending Wall'






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






8. (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






9. (Colonial Period) Best-known Southern colonial writer. Famous for 'The History of the Dividing Line' and 'The Secret Diary of William Byrd of Westover'






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






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






12. A piece of literature intended to be performed in front of an audience.






13. First great writer of psychological fiction; obsessed with sin and guilt. 'The Scarlet Letter' - 'Young Goodman Brown' - Claimed his work was romance and therefore not required to be realistic.






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






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






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






17. Naturalist - Wrote 'McTeague - a Story of San Francisco'






18. Created the first American adventure story. First successful American novelist. 'Father of the American novel.' Very litigious - cranky and vain. Most famous for the 'Leatherstocking Tales': A series of five novels about the frontiersman - Natty Bump






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






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






21. Written by Michael Wigglesworth - the most famous poem of 17th Century - proceeds from judgement day to hell and then to paradise. First American Best Seller.






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






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

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24. 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






25. 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






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






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






28. Anne Bradstreet - Michael Wigglesworth - Edward Taylor






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






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






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






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






33. Wrote 'My Antonia' and 'Death Comes for the Archbishop' Won a Pulitzer for her novel 'One of Ours'






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. 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






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






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






38. Well-known humorists.






39. First Black woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. Novel focus on black cultural identity in contemporary America. Wrote 'The Bluest Eye -' 'Tar Baby -' and 'Beloved'






40. (Colonial Period) Primarily written to set forth orthodox Calvinist Christianity. Not considered the best representation of poetry during the whole period. Rarely approached excellence of English models. Too much of an emphasis on heavenly values and






41. Wrote 'Grapes of Wrath -' 'Of Mice and Men -' and 'East of Eden -' and 'Winter of Our Discontent.' Awarded Nobel Prize for Literature - Pulitzer and and the National Book Award.






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






43. Considered the greatest humorist of 19th century American Literature. Wrote 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' and 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.' Master of 'Local Color' writing. Used vernacular - exaggeration and deadpan narrator to create humor.






44. Confessional Poet - Wrote 'Lord Weary's Castle' and 'In Life Studies'






45. 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.'






46. 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.






47. In the 1920s - became the symbol of the liberated woman for her wit and independence. Known for her caustic and clever poems and short stories.






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






49. The reappearance in an individual of characteristics of some distant ancestor that have not been present in intervening generations - such as hand like a hairy paw.






50. Wrote 'The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man' and 'Lift Every Voice and Sing -' (The Black National Anthem)