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CLEP American Literature

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1. (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






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

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






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






5. The repeated use of identical sounds.






6. Anne Bradstreet - Michael Wigglesworth - Edward Taylor






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






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






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






10. 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.






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






12. Written by Cottonn Mather - to justify the execution of 19 women during the Salem Witch Trials.






13. 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'






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






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






16. Famous Poet and Novelist - 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings'






17. 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'






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






19. 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






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






21. (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






22. Words that carry a strong emotional overtones.






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






24. Wrote 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' - first American novel to sell a million copies. The most influential book of the 19th century. Credited with starting the Civil War. Most famous American woman of her day.






25. 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.






26. 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






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






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






29. (Colonial Period) One of colonial New England's most eminent clergyman. Greatest achievement was as an historian of the Puritan experience. 'Diary of Cotton Mather' - Account of Mather wrestling with sexual temptation to marry a much younger women di






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






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






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






33. Famous for writing - marriages - divorces and media hype. Wrote 'The Executioner's Song.'






34. Key intellectual and philosophical voice of 19th-century America. Key player in the transcendentalist movement. First to define what made American poetry American - it is verse that celebrates ordinary experience rather than the epic themes of the pa






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






36. An artistic and intellectual movement originating in Europe in the late 18th Century and characterized by a heightened interest in nature - emphasis on the individual's expression of emotion and imagination - departure from the attitudes and forms of






37. 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.






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






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






40. 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.






41. A social and artistic movement of the 1950's stressing unrestrained literary self expression and nonconformity with the mainstream culture






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






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






44. (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






45. Used to describe literature that was pandered to the polite - refined - and delicate elements of society. Denied the unsavory underbelly of life.






46. 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






47. A stanza.






48. Chicago School - Wrote 'Lucinda Matlock' - Created 'Spoon River Anthology' - Spoon River poems are characterized by: An unpoetic - colloquial style - frank descriptions of sex - a very critical view of small town life - and a description of he inner






49. People who sang lyrics as they played string-like instruments.






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