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CLEP American Literature

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






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






7. Imagist Poet - Wrote 'In a Station of the Metro -' ' The Pisan Cantos -' 'Hugh Selwyn Mauberly -' and 'Mauberly.' Modeled 'Cantos' after Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass' - Infamous traitor; Staunch supporter of Mussolini during WWII. Didn't speak for the






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






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






10. (Colonial Period) Only person to publicly repent his part in the Salem Witch Trials. Published America's first anti-slavery tract.






11. 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.






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






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






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






15. Wrote Catcher in the Rye






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






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






18. 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






19. (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






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






21. (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






22. 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






23. 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.






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






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






26. Clever - memorable sayings.






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






28. 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.






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






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. Words that carry a strong emotional overtones.






32. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Anne Bradstreet - Michael Wigglesworth - Edward Taylor






40. 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.






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






42. 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






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






44. 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






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






46. Ben Franklin paid his passage to America. First Pamphlet was Common Sense : credited with getting the colonists to see the 'advantage - necessity - and obligation' of breaking with Britain. Followed by a series of pamphlets - collectively called 'An






47. 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






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






49. A stanza.






50. Ezra Pound and T.S Eliot







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