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CLEP American Literature

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






2. 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






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






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






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






6. '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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






12. The idea that there is something different - unique and special about Americans.






13. People who sang lyrics as they played string-like instruments.






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






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






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






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






18. Unrhymed poetry Captures natural rhythm of speech.






19. (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






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






21. Wrote 'Grapes of Wrath -' 'Of Mice and Men -' and 'East of Eden -' and 'Winter of Our Discontent.' Awarded Nobel Prize for Literature - Pulitzer and and the National Book Award.






22. All events follow natural laws.






23. (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






24. Characterized by: Ordinary Language - Free Verse - Concentrated Word Pictures - Very specific words and phrases - Advanced by Ezra Pound and Amy Lowell; also utilized by Robert Frost






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






26. 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






27. Words that carry a strong emotional overtones.






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






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






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






31. 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'






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






37. 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






38. 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






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






40. (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






41. The Bard of Harlem; most successful black writer in America during the Harlem Renaissance. Wanted to capture the dominant oral traditions of black culture in written form. Best known for his poetry: 'The Weary Blues -' 'Fields of Wonder -' and 'The D






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






44. Well-known humorists.






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






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






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






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

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