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CLEP American Literature

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1. 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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Clever - memorable sayings.






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






9. 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






10. 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






11. Anne Bradstreet - Michael Wigglesworth - Edward Taylor






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. 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






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






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

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






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. 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.






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






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






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






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






23. (Colonial Period) One of colonial New England's most eminent clergyman. Greatest achievement was as an historian of the Puritan experience. 'Diary of Cotton Mather' - Account of Mather wrestling with sexual temptation to marry a much younger women di






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






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






26. 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'






27. New England local color writer - is known primarily for her two collections of stories. 'A Humble Romance' and 'A New England Nun'






28. Chicago School - Work bridges folk poetry and modernist poems. Used music and strong rhythm - Wrote 'The Congo'






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






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






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






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






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






34. The repeated use of identical sounds.






35. Prose - Poetry - Drama






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






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






38. Wrote 'Native Son -' and 'Black Boy' - First Black Best-Seller - Staunch Communist : Believed it was black America's best hope for equality.






39. Pattern of five feet (groups of syllables) - each having one unstressed syllable and one stressed syllable.






40. Wrote gold-rush stories like 'The Luck of Roaring Camp' and 'The Outcasts of Poker Flat'; never matched up to his previous fame local colorist






41. 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.






42. 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






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






44. 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






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






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






47. 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






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






49. 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.






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







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