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CLEP American Literature

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






2. 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.






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






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






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






6. Major theme of 20th Century literature.






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






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






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






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






11. 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






12. 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






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






14. Prose - Poetry - Drama






15. (Colonial Period) Stands in direct opposition to the principles - personalities and literary styles of William Bradford and John Winthrop. Did not come to settle the land and establish God's Kingdom - but to trade beaver pelts and live pleasantly. Es






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






17. (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






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






19. (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






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






21. Credited with creating: the modern short story and the detective novel - and the entire genre of mystery. Wrote 'The Philosophy of Composition' - 'The Raven' - 'Tell-Tale Heart -' 'The Cask of Amontillado -' and 'The Gold Bug.' (The first detective






22. Literary movement of the 19th century that traced the effects of heredity and environment on people who ere helpless to change their situations. Also called Determinism for its belief in the effects of environment - heredity - and chance on human fat






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






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






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






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






27. Writings interweave sexual and racial concerns; what it means to be black and homosexual in America in the 2nd half of the 20th Century.






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






29. Clever - memorable sayings.






30. Recluse - agoraphobic - Didn't title her poems. All are designated by numbers. Paved the way for the Imagist movement of the 1920s. Considered on of the founders of Modern American Poetry. Concrete imagery - forceful language - and unique style usher






31. Father of American Literature - First American writer to achieve an international reputation. Rip Van Winkle (antihero). Legend of Sleepy Hollow. The Devil and Tom Walker. Was 50 years old before his real name appeared on any of his books. Used alias






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. A regular pattern of words that end with the same sound.






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






50. 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.'