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American Literature- Unit #3 Flashcards

1
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Who wrote Rip Van Winkle

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Washington Irving

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Plot

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What happens in a story

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Characters

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Who makes the plot happen

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Theme

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What is means

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Setting

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The time, place, general background

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Tone or mood

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The attitude or emotion of the author or narrator toward his subject or audience

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Read Washington Irving (1783-1859)

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Point of view

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The method of presenting the reader with the materials of the story, the perspective from which it is told

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Omniscient point of view

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All-knowing author is the narrator who comments freely on the actions and character as he is able to delve into their minds

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Limited point of view

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Author tells the story from the viewpoint of one character; either in first-person or third-person.

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Objective point of view

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Author presents the characters in action with no comment, allowing the reader to come to his own conclusions

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Who wrote The Pit and the Pendulum?

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Edgar Allan Poe

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What city was The Pit and the Pendulum set in?

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Toledo

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Read Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)

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Irony

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Method of expression in which the intended meaning of the words used is the direct opposite of their usual sense

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Verbal irony

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Saying the opposite of what is meant

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Dramatic irony

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Contrasting what a character says and what a reader or audience knows to be true

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Irony of situation

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Presenting a discrepancy between appearance and reality or between expectation and fulfillment

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Satire

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The ridicule of human folly or vice with the purpose of correcting it, or for a humorous effect

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Who wrote The Cop and the Anthem

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O. Henry

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

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Soapy

22
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What was the name of the island that Soapy wanted to go to?

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Blackwell’s Island

23
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Read O. Henry (1862-1910, real name is William Sidney Porter

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24
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Who wrote The Town Poor?

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Sarah Orne Jewett

25
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What were the names of the two sister Mrs. William Trimble and Miss Rebecca Wright went to see in The Town Poor?

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Ann and Mandany Bray

26
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Read Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909)

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27
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Who wrote The Open Boat?

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Stephen Crane

28
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Read Stephen Crane (1871-1900)

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29
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Who wrote The Great Carbuncle?

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

30
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Name the eight people in search of the Great Carbuncle

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Matthew and Hannah, Doctor Cacaphodel, Seeker, Master Ichabod Pigsnort, Cynic, the poet, and Lord de Vere

31
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Ready Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)

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32
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What is the theme of The Great Carbuncle?

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The motivation of a person reveals the character in each person

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