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CLEP American Literature

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1. 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.






2. Southern Gothic writer. Creates stories that simultaneously shock readers and reflect her strong Catholic faith.

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






4. Wrote Catcher in the Rye






5. 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.






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






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






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






9. America's most popular humorist in the 30s and 40s. Frequently explored the battle of the sexes. Wrote 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.'






10. 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






11. A type of literature win which words are selected and strung together for their beauty - sound - and power to express feelings.






12. 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.






13. 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.






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






15. 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






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 '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.






18. All events follow natural laws.






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






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






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






22. A social and artistic movement of the 1950's stressing unrestrained literary self expression and nonconformity with the mainstream culture






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






24. 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.






25. The belief that 'true' Americans were those of earlier Anglo-Saxon descent - and that this 'race' was under threat from the growing influx of Central European and Asian immigrants.






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






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






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






29. 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






30. 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






31. Anne Bradstreet - Michael Wigglesworth - Edward Taylor






32. Written by Michael Wigglesworth - the most famous poem of 17th Century - proceeds from judgement day to hell and then to paradise. First American Best Seller.






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






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






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. 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






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






38. A stanza.






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






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






41. Movement in the early part of the 20th Century where writers experimented with new themes such as fragmentation - stream of consciousness - and imagery.






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Won the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize - Works focused on the South - Wrote 'As I Lay Dying -' 'Sanctuary -' and 'The sound and the Fury.' Experimented with Stream of Consciousness writing. Considered the most innovative novelist of his time.






49. 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.






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







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