American Literature Exam- Unit #1-#7 Flashcards
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“Oh, London is a man’s town,
there’s power in the air;
And Paris is a woman’s town,
with flower in her hair;”
Rhyme
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“I like the gardens of Versailles
with flashing fountains filled;”
Alliteration
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“Clatter, pop, and bang
Scrape, and creak, and snarl, and snort,”
Onomatopoeia
“America for Me” was written by:
Henry Van Dyke
“American Names” is written by:
Stephen Vincent Benét
“The Nation and the Gospel” was written by:
James Russell Lowell
Who said, “They taught the nation fairness/thrift, and the gold tongue”?
Robert P. Tristram Coffin
Who wrote the line “Bury my heart at Wounded Knee”?
Stephen Vincent Benét
Who wrote the lines “In words you have a weapon,/ More weighty than a gun”?
Elizabeth Scott Stam
The selection ________________________________ includes the line “The family is the living cell of every society”?
The Portland Declaration
What author was a famous oral humorist and part Indian?
Will Rogers
What character of “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” tells the story to the narrator?
Simon Wheeler
What is the repetition of vowel sounds?
Assonance
What is the regular recurrence of sounds?
Rhythm
What is the correspondence of sounds?
Rhyme
What literary device does the poem “They Have Yarns” use?
Free verse
What literary device do “The Mule” and “The Bumblebee” use?
Cacography
Who wrote “A Creed for Americans”?
Stephen Vincent Benét
Who wrote “Liberty and Union”
Daniel Webster
Who wrote “My Life Story”?
Artemus Ward
Who wrote “Reflection on American Life: A Collection of Sayings”?
Will Rogers, Jr.
Who wrote “The Bumblebee”?
Josh Billings
Who wrote “The Innocents Abroad”?
Samuel Clemens
Who wrote “They Have Yarns”?
Carl Sandburg
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“Statues of the kings,- … antiquated things”
End rhyme
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“a blare of bugles”
Alliteration
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“Clatter, pop, and bang”
Onomatopoeia
What is the pen name of Samuel Clemens?
Mark Twain
What is the arrangement of incidents or events divided into a beginning, middle, and end?
Plot of the story
What is the conversation between characters called?
Dialogue
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“The American is a new man, who acts, upon new principles; he must therefore entertain new ideas and form new opinions.”
“What Is an American?”
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“I shall not be there. I shall rise and pass. Bury my heart and Wounded Knee”
“American Names”
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“Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars”
“America for Me”
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“They taught the nation fairness, thrift, and the golden tongue”
“America Was Schoolmaster”
Read
What was the name of the main character in “The Cop and the Anthem”?
Soapy
Who wrote “The Pit and the Pendulum”?
Edgar Allan Poe
What was the pen name of William Sidney Porter?
O. Henry
Who wrote “The Town Poor”?
Sarah Orne Jewett
In “The Town Poor,” whom did Mrs. William Trimble and Miss Rebecca Wright visit?
Ann and Mandany (Mandy) Bray
What author is known for his use of surprise endings?
O. Henry
What event is the setting of “The Pit and the Pendulum”?
The Spanish Inquisition
The ridicule of human folly is called…
Satire
The perspective from which a story is told is called…
Point of view
An expression in which the intended meaning of the words used is the direct opposite of their usual sense is called…
Irony
How many men were in “The Open Boat”?
4
Which one of them (in The Open Boat) was injured?
The captain
Who wrote “The Open Boat”?
Stephen Crane
According to the author of “The Open Boat,” what controls men?
Fate
Who wrote “The Great Carbuncle”?
Nathanial Hawthorne
What is the theme of “The Great Carbuncle”?
Motivation shows character
In “The Open Boat” which crew member died at the end of the story?
The oiler
What was the Great Carbuncle?
A gem
Who died after discovering the Great Carbuncle?
The Seeker
After discovering the Great Carbuncle, who rejected it?
Matthew and Hannah
The correspondent who wrote about his shipwreck in “The Open Boat”
Stephen Crane
First American short story writer
Washington Irving
Introduced the detective story
Edgar Allan Poe
Used the surprise ending
O. Henry
Well-known novelist and playwright who wrote “The Unerring Instinct”
Thornton Wilder
Wrote “Town Poor”
Sarah Orne Jewett
What is the ridicule of human folly with the purpose of correcting it?
Satire
What is the attitude of the narrator toward his subject or audience?
Mood
What is the perspective from which a story is told?
Point of view
A husband and wife take precautions against a storm
“Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightning”
A man sleeps for twenty years
“Rip Van Winkle”
A woman plays a practical joke on her sister-in-law
“The Unerring Instinct”
Rats chew off a prisoner’s ropes
“The Pit and the Pendulum”
Two elderly sisters are forced to leave their home
“The Town Poor?
A man tries to get arrested for the winter
“The Cop and the Anthem”
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Saying the opposite of what is meant
Verbal irony
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Author presenting characters without comment
Objective point of view
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All-knowing author as narrator
Omniscient point of view
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The events and occurrences of a story
Plot
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Time, place, and background of a story
Setting
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Meaning of a story
Theme
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“A nice Smith is still a Smith. You keep your eyes open dear,– you’ll see”
“The Unerring Instinct”
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“no considerations of Mediterranean cruises…Three months on the Island was what his soul craved.”
“The Cop and the Anthem”
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“A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use”
“Rip Van Winkle”
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“It was hope that prompted the nerve to quiver- the frame to shrink”
“The Pit and the Pendulum”
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“I wish to my heart, ‘t was to-morrow morning’ a’ready, an’ I a-starting’ for the secl’men.”
“The Town Poor”
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“from the hour when two mortals had shown themselves so simply wise…, its splendor waned.”
“The Great Carbuncle”
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“the wind brought the sound of the great sea’s voice to the men on the shore, an they felt that they could then be interpreters
“The Open Boat”
What is the theme of “The Great Carbuncle”?
The motivation of a person reveals the character of that person.
Who were three characters searching for the carbuncle in “The Great Carbuncle”?
The Cynic, the Seeker, and Matthew and Hannah.
The poem that describes the rebels trying to sneak into the city of Philadelphia…
“The Battle of the Kegs”
The poem that expresses God’s love as unconfined and overflowing is…
“Meditation One”
The poem that gives a striking picture of the Judgement Day is called…
The Day of Doom
“The Courtship of Madam Winthrop” was written by…
Samuel Sewall
The quote “Thou ill-formed offspring of my feeble brain” was written by…
Francis Hopkinson
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Written to be sung and to tell a story
Ballad
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Strongly exaggerated simile or metaphor
Conceit
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Unrhymed iambic pentameter
Black verse
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Reference to mythology, history, or literary work
Allusion
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Pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in a line of poetry
Foot
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“The Ploughman”
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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A Fable for Critics
James Russell Lowell
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“Maud Muller”
John Greenleaf Whittier
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“The Village Blacksmith”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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“Old Ironsides”
Oliver Wendell Holmes
What poem has the theme that biblical values are absolute and cannot be changed?
“International Copyright”
What poem has the theme of the far-reaching consequences for actions?
“The Arrow and the Song”
What poem has the theme of simple but complete trust in God?
“Dear Lord and Father of Mankind”
What group of poets wrote poems that people enjoyed sharing with family and friends?
Fireside poets
What poem satirizes popular nineteenth-century writers?
The Fable of Critics
