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American Literature Exam- Unit #1-#7 Flashcards

1
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Match each quote with the correct literary term

“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;”

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Rhyme

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Match each quote with the correct literary term

“I like the gardens of Versailles
with flashing fountains filled;”

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Alliteration

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Match each quote with the correct literary term

“Clatter, pop, and bang
Scrape, and creak, and snarl, and snort,”

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Onomatopoeia

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4
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“America for Me” was written by:

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Henry Van Dyke

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5
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“American Names” is written by:

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Stephen Vincent Benét

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“The Nation and the Gospel” was written by:

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James Russell Lowell

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Who said, “They taught the nation fairness/thrift, and the gold tongue”?

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Robert P. Tristram Coffin

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Who wrote the line “Bury my heart at Wounded Knee”?

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Stephen Vincent Benét

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Who wrote the lines “In words you have a weapon,/ More weighty than a gun”?

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Elizabeth Scott Stam

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10
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The selection ________________________________ includes the line “The family is the living cell of every society”?

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The Portland Declaration

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11
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What author was a famous oral humorist and part Indian?

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Will Rogers

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What character of “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” tells the story to the narrator?

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Simon Wheeler

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What is the repetition of vowel sounds?

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Assonance

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14
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What is the regular recurrence of sounds?

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Rhythm

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What is the correspondence of sounds?

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Rhyme

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16
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What literary device does the poem “They Have Yarns” use?

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Free verse

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17
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What literary device do “The Mule” and “The Bumblebee” use?

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Cacography

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18
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Who wrote “A Creed for Americans”?

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Stephen Vincent Benét

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19
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Who wrote “Liberty and Union”

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Daniel Webster

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20
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Who wrote “My Life Story”?

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Artemus Ward

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21
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Who wrote “Reflection on American Life: A Collection of Sayings”?

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Will Rogers, Jr.

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22
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Who wrote “The Bumblebee”?

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Josh Billings

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23
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Who wrote “The Innocents Abroad”?

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Samuel Clemens

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24
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Who wrote “They Have Yarns”?

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Carl Sandburg

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25
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Match the quotation with the correct literary term

“Statues of the kings,- … antiquated things”

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End rhyme

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Match the quotation with the correct literary term

“a blare of bugles”

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Alliteration

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27
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Match the quotation with the correct literary term

“Clatter, pop, and bang”

A

Onomatopoeia

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28
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What is the pen name of Samuel Clemens?

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Mark Twain

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29
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What is the arrangement of incidents or events divided into a beginning, middle, and end?

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Plot of the story

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30
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What is the conversation between characters called?

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Dialogue

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31
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Match each quotation with the correct work

“The American is a new man, who acts, upon new principles; he must therefore entertain new ideas and form new opinions.”

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“What Is an American?”

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32
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Match each quotation with the correct work

“I shall not be there. I shall rise and pass. Bury my heart and Wounded Knee”

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“American Names”

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33
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Match each quotation with the correct work

“Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars”

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“America for Me”

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34
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Match each quotation with the correct work

“They taught the nation fairness, thrift, and the golden tongue”

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“America Was Schoolmaster”

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35
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Read

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36
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What was the name of the main character in “The Cop and the Anthem”?

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Soapy

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37
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Who wrote “The Pit and the Pendulum”?

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Edgar Allan Poe

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38
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What was the pen name of William Sidney Porter?

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O. Henry

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39
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Who wrote “The Town Poor”?

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Sarah Orne Jewett

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40
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In “The Town Poor,” whom did Mrs. William Trimble and Miss Rebecca Wright visit?

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Ann and Mandany (Mandy) Bray

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41
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What author is known for his use of surprise endings?

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O. Henry

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42
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What event is the setting of “The Pit and the Pendulum”?

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The Spanish Inquisition

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43
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The ridicule of human folly is called…

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Satire

44
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The perspective from which a story is told is called…

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Point of view

45
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An expression in which the intended meaning of the words used is the direct opposite of their usual sense is called…

A

Irony

46
Q

How many men were in “The Open Boat”?

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4

47
Q

Which one of them (in The Open Boat) was injured?

A

The captain

48
Q

Who wrote “The Open Boat”?

A

Stephen Crane

49
Q

According to the author of “The Open Boat,” what controls men?

A

Fate

50
Q

Who wrote “The Great Carbuncle”?

A

Nathanial Hawthorne

51
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What is the theme of “The Great Carbuncle”?

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Motivation shows character

52
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In “The Open Boat” which crew member died at the end of the story?

A

The oiler

53
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What was the Great Carbuncle?

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A gem

54
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Who died after discovering the Great Carbuncle?

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The Seeker

55
Q

After discovering the Great Carbuncle, who rejected it?

A

Matthew and Hannah

56
Q

The correspondent who wrote about his shipwreck in “The Open Boat”

A

Stephen Crane

57
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First American short story writer

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Washington Irving

58
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Introduced the detective story

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Edgar Allan Poe

59
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Used the surprise ending

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O. Henry

60
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Well-known novelist and playwright who wrote “The Unerring Instinct”

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Thornton Wilder

61
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Wrote “Town Poor”

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Sarah Orne Jewett

62
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What is the ridicule of human folly with the purpose of correcting it?

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Satire

63
Q

What is the attitude of the narrator toward his subject or audience?

A

Mood

64
Q

What is the perspective from which a story is told?

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Point of view

65
Q

A husband and wife take precautions against a storm

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“Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightning”

66
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A man sleeps for twenty years

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“Rip Van Winkle”

67
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A woman plays a practical joke on her sister-in-law

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“The Unerring Instinct”

68
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Rats chew off a prisoner’s ropes

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“The Pit and the Pendulum”

69
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Two elderly sisters are forced to leave their home

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“The Town Poor?

70
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A man tries to get arrested for the winter

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“The Cop and the Anthem”

71
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Match each definition with the correct term

Saying the opposite of what is meant

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Verbal irony

72
Q

Match each definition with the correct term

Author presenting characters without comment

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Objective point of view

73
Q

Match each definition with the correct term

All-knowing author as narrator

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Omniscient point of view

74
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Match each definition with the correct term

The events and occurrences of a story

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Plot

75
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Match each definition with the correct term

Time, place, and background of a story

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Setting

76
Q

Match each definition with the correct term

Meaning of a story

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Theme

77
Q

Match each quotation with the correct work

“A nice Smith is still a Smith. You keep your eyes open dear,– you’ll see”

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“The Unerring Instinct”

78
Q

Match each definition with the correct term

“no considerations of Mediterranean cruises…Three months on the Island was what his soul craved.”

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“The Cop and the Anthem”

79
Q

Match each definition with the correct work

“A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use”

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“Rip Van Winkle”

80
Q

Match each definition with the correct work

“It was hope that prompted the nerve to quiver- the frame to shrink”

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“The Pit and the Pendulum”

81
Q

Match each definition with the correct work

“I wish to my heart, ‘t was to-morrow morning’ a’ready, an’ I a-starting’ for the secl’men.”

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“The Town Poor”

82
Q

Match each definition with the correct work

“from the hour when two mortals had shown themselves so simply wise…, its splendor waned.”

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“The Great Carbuncle”

83
Q

Match each definition with the correct work

“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

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“The Open Boat”

84
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What is the theme of “The Great Carbuncle”?

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The motivation of a person reveals the character of that person.

85
Q

Who were three characters searching for the carbuncle in “The Great Carbuncle”?

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The Cynic, the Seeker, and Matthew and Hannah.

86
Q

The poem that describes the rebels trying to sneak into the city of Philadelphia…

A

“The Battle of the Kegs”

87
Q

The poem that expresses God’s love as unconfined and overflowing is…

A

“Meditation One”

88
Q

The poem that gives a striking picture of the Judgement Day is called…

A

The Day of Doom

89
Q

“The Courtship of Madam Winthrop” was written by…

A

Samuel Sewall

90
Q

The quote “Thou ill-formed offspring of my feeble brain” was written by…

A

Francis Hopkinson

91
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Match each definition with the correct term

Written to be sung and to tell a story

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Ballad

92
Q

Match each definition with the correct term

Strongly exaggerated simile or metaphor

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Conceit

93
Q

Match each definition with the correct term

Unrhymed iambic pentameter

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Black verse

94
Q

Match each definition with the correct term

Reference to mythology, history, or literary work

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Allusion

95
Q

Match each definition with the correct term

Pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in a line of poetry

A

Foot

96
Q

Match each work with the correct author

“The Ploughman”

A

Oliver Wendell Holmes

97
Q

Match each work with the correct author

A Fable for Critics

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James Russell Lowell

98
Q

Match each work with the correct author

“Maud Muller”

A

John Greenleaf Whittier

99
Q

Match each work with the correct author

“The Village Blacksmith”

A

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

100
Q

Match each work with the correct author

“Old Ironsides”

A

Oliver Wendell Holmes

101
Q

What poem has the theme that biblical values are absolute and cannot be changed?

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“International Copyright”

102
Q

What poem has the theme of the far-reaching consequences for actions?

A

“The Arrow and the Song”

103
Q

What poem has the theme of simple but complete trust in God?

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“Dear Lord and Father of Mankind”

104
Q

What group of poets wrote poems that people enjoyed sharing with family and friends?

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Fireside poets

105
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What poem satirizes popular nineteenth-century writers?

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The Fable of Critics

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