American Literature- Unit #2 Flashcards
Who wrote They Have Yarns?
Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg
What is free verse?
Free verse has no metrical pattern. It is written in lines
Who wrote My Life Story?
Artemus Ward
Artemus Ward
Artemus Ward
Who wrote A Business Letter?
Artemus Ward
Dialect
When a writer will use words and pronunciations which are peculiar to a people in a certain section of a country or a certain class of people. Regional language
Cacography
Purposeful misspelling
Who wrote The Mule?
Josh Billings
Josh Billings
Who wrote The Bumblebee?
Josh Billings
Who wrote The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County?
Mark Twain
Mark Twain’s real name
Samuel Clemens
What was the name of the character that told the story of Smiley to the narrator?
Simon Wheeler
Dialogue
A conversation between character
Plot of a story
The arrangement of incidents or events which can usually be divided into a beginning, middle, and end
Samuel Longhorn Clemens (Mark Twain)
Who wrote The Innocents Abroad?
Mark Twain
Who wrote The Ballad of Boil Weevil?
Author Unknown
Who wrote Reflections on American Life: A Collection of Sayings?
Will Rogers
Will Rogers
