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American Literature Exam- Units#1-#5 Flashcards

1
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What literary term would be used in this quote?:
“Oh, London is a man’s town,
there’s power in the air;
And Paris is a woman’s town,
with flowers in her hair.”

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Rhyme

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What literary term would be used in this quote?:
“I like the gardens of Versailles
with flashing fountains filled;”

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Alliteration

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What literary term would be used in this quote?:
“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 Beńet

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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 golden 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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9
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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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What 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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13
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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 Yarn” 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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What literary term would be used in this quote: “Statues of the kings-…antiquated things”?

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End rhyme

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What literary term would be used in this quote: “a blare of bugles”?

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Alliteration

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What literary term would be used in this quote: “Clatter, pop, and bang”?

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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 the 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 the quotation with the correct work: “I shall not be there. I shall rise and pass. Bury my heart at Wounded Knee.”

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“American Names”

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33
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Match the quotation with the correct work: “They taught the nation fairness, Thrift, and the golden tongue.”

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“America was Schoolmasters”

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34
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Match the 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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35
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Who wrote “A Jingle of Word”?

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Elizabeth Scott Stam

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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

39
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Who wrote “The Town Poor”?

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Sarah Orne Jewett

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

A

Ann and Mandany Bray

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

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O. Henry

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

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The Spanish Inquisition

43
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The ridicule of human folly is called…

A

Satire

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

A

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”?

A

Four

47
Q

Which of the four men in the 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

Nathaniel 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
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After discovering the Great Carbuncle, who rejected it?

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Matthew and Hannah

56
Q

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

A

“The Battle of the Kegs”

57
Q

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

A

“Meditation One”

58
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The poem that gives a striking picture of the Judgment Day is called…

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The Day of Doom

59
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“The Courtship of Madam Winthrop” was written by…

A

Samuel Sewall

60
Q

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

A

Anne Bradstreet

61
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Written to be sung and to tell a story

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Ballad

62
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Strongly exaggerated simile or metaphor

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Conceit

63
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Unrhymed iambic pentameter

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Blank verse

64
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Reference to mythology, history, or literary work

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Allusion

65
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Pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in a line of poetry

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Foot

66
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A correspondent who wrote about his shipwreck is “The Open Boat”

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Stephen Crane

67
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First American short story writer

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Washington Irving

68
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Introduced the detective story

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Edgar Allan Poe

69
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Used the surprise ending

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O. Henry

70
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Well-known novelist and playwright who wrote “The Unerring Instinct”

A

Thornton Wilder

71
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wrote “Town Poor”

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Sarah Orne Jewett

72
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What is the ridicule of human folly with the purpose of correcting it?

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Satire

73
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What is the attitude of the narrator toward his subject or audience?

A

Mood

74
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What is the perspective from which a story is told?

A

Point of view

75
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A husband and wife take precautions against a storm

A

“Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightning”

76
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a man sleeps for twenty years

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“Rip Van Winkle”

77
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a woman plays a practical joke on her sister-in-law

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“The Unerring Instinct”

78
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rats chew off a prisoner’s ropes

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“The Pit and the Pendulum”

79
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two elderly sisters are forced to leave their home

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“The Town Poor”

80
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a man tires to get arrested for the winter

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“The Cop and the Anthem”

81
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Saying the opposite of what is meant

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Verbal irony

82
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Author presenting character without comment

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Objective point of view

83
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All-knowing author as narrator

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Omniscient point of view

84
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The events and occurrences of a story

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Plot

85
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time, place, and background of a story

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setting

86
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meaning of a story

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theme

87
Q

Quote from what works?
“A nice Smith is still a Smith. You keep your eyes open dear–you’ll see.”

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“The Unerring Instinct”

88
Q

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

A

“The Cop and the Anthem”

89
Q

Quote from what works?
“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”

90
Q

Quote from what works?
“It was hope that prompted the nerve to quiver–the frame to shrink.”

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“The Pit and the Pendulum”

91
Q

Quote from what works?
“I wish to my heart ‘t was to-morrow mornin’ a’ready, an’ I a-startin’ for the secl’men”

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“The Town Poor”

92
Q

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

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“The Great Carbuncle”

93
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Quote from what works?
“the wind brought the sound of the great sea’s voice to the men on the shore, and they felt that they could then be interpreters.”

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“The Open Boat”

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