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CLEP American Literature

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1. 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






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






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






4. All events follow natural laws.






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






6. (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






7. In the 1920s - became the symbol of the liberated woman for her wit and independence. Known for her caustic and clever poems and short stories.






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






9. 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






10. 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






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






12. 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.






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






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






15. 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






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






17. 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






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






19. Clever - memorable sayings.






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






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






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






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






24. 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






25. 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.






26. 'The Old Man and the Sea -' 'The Sun Also Rises -' 'A Farewell to Arms -' and 'For Whom the Bell Tolls.' Writing style emphasizes: Short sentences - brief paragraphs - active verbs - authenticity - compression - clarity - and immediacy. Produced some






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






34. Words that carry a strong emotional overtones.






35. 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.






36. (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






37. American novelist - essayist - social critic - painter and spoken performer. Most of his works are autobiographical. Frequently experimented with drugs. He wrote the 'Naked Lunch' and the 'Cities of Red Night'






38. 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






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






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






41. (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






42. 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.






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






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