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CLEP American Literature

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1. Wrote Catcher in the Rye






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






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






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






5. 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






6. Pilgrim's constitution. Shaped the politics - religion - and social behavior of the first settlers. Eventually influenced the shape - style and content of the U.S Constitution. William Bradford was famous for being one of the authors and signers.






7. Words that carry a strong emotional overtones.






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






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






10. 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






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






12. Local Colorist Wrote 'The Awakening' Writing is memorable for its : Vivid and economical style - Rich Local Dialect - and Penetrating view of the culture of South Louisiana.






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






14. Literary movement of the 19th century Presented the details of ordinary life in art. Realists rejected the heroic and adventurous and concentrated on pessimistic views of poverty - prostitution and pain. Reaction to Romanticism.






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






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






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






18. 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






19. Ezra Pound and T.S Eliot






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






21. 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






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






23. 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






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






25. Unrhymed poetry Captures natural rhythm of speech.






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






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






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






29. 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






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






36. Wrote 'Songs of Jamaica' - Poetry and 'Harlem Shadows' (first great literary achievement of the Harlem Renaissance. Much of his poetry evokes the rich heritage of Jamaica.






37. 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






38. Major theme of 20th Century literature.






39. 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






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






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






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






43. 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.






44. 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






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






46. 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






47. Most prominent black leader of his day. Wrote 'Up From Slavery'






48. 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.






49. The repeated use of identical sounds.






50. 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







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