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CLEP American Literature

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1. (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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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.






10. 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'






11. 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






12. Involves a speaker who addresses an unseen audience. Usually takes place at a crucial moment in the speaker's life.






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






14. Words that carry a strong emotional overtones.






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






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






17. 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






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






19. Well-known humorists.






20. Major theme of 20th Century literature.






21. Anne Bradstreet - Michael Wigglesworth - Edward Taylor






22. Ezra Pound and T.S Eliot






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






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






25. (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






26. 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.






27. Unrhymed poetry Captures natural rhythm of speech.






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






29. 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.






30. (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






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






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






33. Chicago School : Verses often concern ordinary - everyday people; realistic poems and dramatic emphasis attract a large audience. Wrote 'Chicago -' and a biography of Abraham Lincoln. Poems describe everyday Americans - have a positive tone - use sim






34. A long narrative that represents characters in a high position who take part in a series of adventures of significance.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. All events follow natural laws.






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






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






46. 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






47. Local Colorist Great Niece of Harriet Beecher Stowe. Wrote 'The Yellow Wallpaper'






48. 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.






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






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







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