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CLEP American Literature

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1. 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.






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






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






4. Ranked as top American novelist - even though few of his contemporaries recognized his genius. Moby Dick is considered to be America's greatest prose epic. It is also top contender for best American novel. Wrote the first great romance about the Sout






5. 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.






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






7. (Colonial Period) One of the most brilliant of American thinkers. Theologian and philosopher; vigorous defender of Calvinistic orthodoxy at the end of the Puritan era. Influenced major nineteenth century writers such as Emerson - Hawthorne - Melville






8. Produces ribald - exuberant - feminist poems - novels and essays. Most famous novel is 'Fear of Flying.'






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






10. The repeated use of identical sounds.






11. Work did not have a political agenda. Wrote 'Their Eyes Were Watching God -' 'Mules and Men -' and 'Jonahs Gourd Vine.' Considered one of the key black writers of the 20th Century.






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






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






14. Well-known humorists.






15. The Bard of Harlem; most successful black writer in America during the Harlem Renaissance. Wanted to capture the dominant oral traditions of black culture in written form. Best known for his poetry: 'The Weary Blues -' 'Fields of Wonder -' and 'The D






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






17. Wrote 'The Red Badge of Courage' and 'Maggie: A Girl of the Streets -' and 'The Open Boat.' Red Badge of Courage is considered the first modern war novel. Work is celebrated for its images and symbolism. Work is often described as impressionist due t






18. An organization of the leading transcendentalists living around Boston. They were interested in new developments in theology - philosophy - and literature. Major writers: Ripley - Emerson - Alcott - Fuller - Hawthorne - Thoreau - Channing - Hedge - P






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






20. Story in which the characters - setting and action represent abstract concepts apart from their literal meaning.






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






22. Wrote 'Daddy' and 'The Bell Jar' - Confessional Poet






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






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






25. 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.






26. Clever - memorable sayings.






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






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






29. Genius; called the 'Black Keats' - Worked within traditional poetic forms rather than jazz rhythms. Wrote ' Copper Sun -' and 'The Ballad of the Brown Girl.'






30. 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






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






32. (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






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






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






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






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






37. She holds a unique place in American history as both the wife of one president and the mother of another. In her own right - she was an ardent American patriot. Her perseverance during the American Revolution kept her family together and enabled her






38. (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






39. Wrote Catcher in the Rye






40. (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






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






42. (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






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






44. All events follow natural laws.






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






46. A group of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.






47. Prose - Poetry - Drama






48. Book of feline poems - 'Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats -' formed the basis of the Broadway hit 'Cats.' Wrote 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock - Published 'The Waste-Land' which became the most famous poem of the first half of the 20th Centur






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






50. Ezra Pound and T.S Eliot







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