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What are the dates for the Colonial Era?

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1607-1776

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What is the literary philosophy of the Colonial Era?

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Biblical and Depravity of Man vs. Gods Grace

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What are the literary characteristics of the Colonial Era?

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  1. Unadorned
  2. Utilitarian
  3. Didactic
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What is the genres of the Colonial Era?

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  1. Propaganda
  2. Sermon
  3. Biographies
  4. Tales of Indian Captivity
  5. Diaries
  6. Poetry
  7. No fiction
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Who are the writers for the Colonial Era?

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William Bradford 
Anne Bradstreet 
Mary Rowlandson 
Edward Taylor 
Jonathan Edwards
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What did William Bradford write?

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“Of Plymouth Plantation”
Theme: God’s Providence
Literary Technique: Allusion and Typology

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What did Anne Bradstreet write?

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"Verses Upon the Burning of our House" 
Theme: Dealing with tragedy 
Literary Technique: Heroic Couplets, Allusion, and Metaphor
"Contemplations" 
Theme: Seeing God's Greatness in Nature 
Literary Technique: Emblem, End Rhyme, Paradox, Apostrophe, Personification, and Alliteration. 
"The Author of Her Book" 
Literary Technique: Extended Metaphor
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What did Mary Rowlandson write?

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“A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson”
Theme: Salvation is of the Lord
Literary Techniques: Simile and Sandwiching events with Scripture

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What did Edward Taylor write?

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“Prepatory Meditations”
Literary Technique: Metaphysical Conceit
“Upon Wedlock and Death of Children”
Theme: Submission to God’s Will
Literary Technique: Conceit, Alliteration, and Pun.

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What did Jonathan Edwards write?

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“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”
Theme: God’s mercy keeps man from Hell
Literary Technique: Simile and Metaphor

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What are the dates for the Neoclassicism Era?

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1776-1820

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What is the Philosophy for Neoclassicism?

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Rationalism - Reason over faith 
Deism - "Great Clock-winder" 
Man is naturally good 
Environment causes evil 
Science over theology 
Skepticism over authority
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What is the literary characteristics of Neoclassicism?

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Clarity, rationality, plain 
Didactic 
Beneficent God 
Reflects beliefs of age 
Progress-Perfectibility of man 
Patriotism
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What are the genres of Neoclassicism?

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Political Pamphlets
Scientific Prose
Poetry
Novel

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Who are the writers of the Neoclassic era?

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Ben Franklin 
J Hector St. John de Crevecoeur 
Phillis Wheatley 
Phillip Freneau 
Timothy Dwight 
Noah Webster
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What did Ben Franklin write?

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“The Autobiography”

Theme: Perfectibility of man

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What did J Hector St. John de Crevecoeur write?

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“Letters from an American Farmer”
Theme: The American is a new man
Literary Technique: Metaphor

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What did Phillis Wheatley write?

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“On Being Brought from Africa to America”
Theme: God’s Mercy
Literary Technique: Heroic Couplets
“A Funeral Poem on the death of C.E. an infant of 12 months”
Literary Techniques: Heroic Couplets, Anaphora, and Apostrophe.

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What did Phillip Freneau write?

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“The Wild Honey Suckle”

Theme: Transient Nature of Life

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What did Timothy Dwight write?

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“The Smooth Devine”

Attack on Deistic Preachers

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What did Noah Webster write?

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“Introduction to an American Dictionary of the English Language”

(Language is a gift from God)

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What are the dates for the Romantic Era?

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1820-1865

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What is the literary philosophy of the Romantic Era?

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  1. Revolt against reason
  2. Rebellion against restriction
  3. Encourage individuality
  4. Promoted Pantheism
  5. Transcendentalism
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What are the literary characteristics of the Romantic Era?

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  1. Emphasized beauty (Nature)
  2. Individuality
  3. Distant in time or place setting
  4. Imagination
  5. Appeal to emotion
  6. Common man
  7. Aspirations
  8. Personal experiences
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What are the genres of the Romantic Era?

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Novel
Poetry
Short Story

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Who are the writers of the Romantic Era?

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Washington Irving 
Nathaniel Hawthorne 
William Cullen Bryant 
James Fenimore Cooper 
Ralph Waldo Emerson 
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 
Edgar Allen Poe 
Herman Melville 
Harriet Beecher Stowe 
Henry David Thoreau 
Walt Whitman
Emily Dickinson
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Who were the NY writers?

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Bryant
Irving
Cooper

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Who were the Fireside poets?

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Longfellow
Whittier
Holmes
Lowell

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Who were the Transcendental Optimists?

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Emerson
Thoreau
Whitman

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Who were the Transcendental Pessimists?

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Poe
Melville
Hawthorne

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What did Washington Irving write?

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“Rip Van Winkle”

Theme: Missing out on change

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What did Nathaniel Hawthorne write?

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“The Scarlet Letter”
Theme: Devastating effects and consequences of sin
Other themes: Effects of isolation, the nature of evil, appearance vs. reality, and the hardening of heart.

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What did William Cullen Bryant write?

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“Thanatopsis”
Theme: Death is part of life
Literary Technique: Blank verse

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What did James Fenimore Cooper write?

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“The Pioneers”

Theme: Civilizations abuse of nature

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What did Ralph Waldo Emerson write?

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“Nature”
Theme: Unity of man with nature
“Self-Reliance”
Theme: Trust Yourself

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What did Henry Wadsworth Longfellow write?

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"A Psalm of Life"
Theme: Live for a reason
Literary Technique: Paradox 
"The Village Blacksmith"
Theme: Molded to influence the world
"The Song of Hiwatha"
Theme: Beauty of love
(Based on Indian folklore)
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What did Edgar Allen Poe write?

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"The Raven"
Theme: Melancholy on the brink of darkness
Literary Technique: Symbolism, consonance, repetition, dramatic monologue.
"Annabel Lee"
"A Dream within a Dream"
Theme: Question of reality 
"The Cask of Amontillado"
Theme: Deadly vengeance
Literary Technique: Irony and gothic
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What did Herman Melville write?

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"Moby Dick"
Theme: Mans mental struggle against the forces of evil
Symbols: 
Sea = Vastness
Moby Dick = Evil, death, terror
Pequod = Doom
Quequeds coffin = Death/Life 
Starbuck = Voice of reason
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What did Harriet Beecher Stowe write?

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“Uncle Tom’s Cabin”

Theme: Prejudice potential

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What did Henry David Thoreau write?

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“Walden”

Theme: Importance of individualism

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What did Walt Whitman write?

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“Song of Myself”
Theme: I celebrate myself
“When Lilacs last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”
Theme: Grief’s reconciliation with death

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What did Emily Dickinson write?

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“This is my letter to the world”

“Success is Counted Sweetest”

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What are the dates for the Realistic Era?

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What are literary philosophies for Realism?

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Pragmatism (Practicality)
Democratic agenda (Equality)
Evolution
Mainfest Destiny

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What are the Literary characteristic of of Realism?

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Treat subject matter truthfully
Reject emotions 
Emphasize the ordinary, everyday life 
Encourage individual development 
Employ local color and language
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What are the genres of the Realistic Era?

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Novel
Short Story
Essay

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Who are the authors of the Realistic Era?

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William Dean Howells
Mark Twain 
O. Henry 
Sarah Orne Jewett 
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman 
Bret Harte
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What did William Dean Howells write?

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“Criticism and Fiction”

Theme: Criteria for art

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What did Mark Twain write?

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"The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
Theme: Reality of human gullibility 
Literary Technique: Humor 
"Innocents Abroad"
Literary Technique: Satire 
"Adventures of Huck Finn"
Themes: Freedom, nature, and morality
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What did Sarah Orne Jewett write?

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“The White Heron”
Theme: Choosing between nature and civilization
Literary Technique: Dialect and Realistic with Romantic qualities

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What did Mary E. Wilkins Freeman write?

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“A Village Singer”
Theme: Bitterness is futile
Literary Technique: Imagery

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What did Bret Harte write?

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“The Boom in Calaveras Clarion”

Theme: Importance of communication

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What are the dates for the Naturalistic Period?

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What are the literary philosophies for the Naturalism?

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Darwinism
Marxism
Determinism
Pessimism

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What are the characteristics of Naturalism?

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Amoral Premise 
Scientific Approach 
Man battles nature or society 
Nature is indifferent 
Extraordinary amid the ordinary
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What are the themes of the Naturalistic Period?

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Man is an animal 
Man is insignificant 
Everyone will be destroyed sooner or later 
Nature is a destructive force 
The world is violent and chaotic
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Who are the authors of the Naturalistic Period?

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Hamlin Garland
Ambrose Bierce
Stephen Crane
Jack London

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What did Hamlin Garland write?

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“Under the Lions Paw”

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What did Ambrose Bierce write?

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“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”

Literary Technique: Flashback, impressionism, and surprise ending

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What did Stephen Crane write?

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“The Open Boat”
Theme: Nature is hostile/Indifferent to man’s fate
Literary Technique: Repetition, horse simile, and irony

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What did Jack London write?

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“To Build a Fire”
Theme: Survival of the fittest
Literary Technique: Fool

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What are the dates for the Modern Period?

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What are the philosophies for the Modern Period?

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Evolution
Naturalism 
Relativism 
Freudianism 
Marxism 
Materialism
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What are the characteristics for the Modern Period?

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Alienation of modern man 
Rebellion 
Disintegration of civilization 
Fear, chaos, violence 
Moral looseness
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What are the genres for the Modern Period?

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Novel
Poetry
Drama

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Who are the authors of the Modern Period?

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Paul Lawrence Dunbar 
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Robert Frost 
Amy Lowell 
Carl Sandburg 
Edgar Lee Masters
T.S. Eliot 
James Weldon Johnson 
Willa Cather 
Ernest Hemingway
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What did Paul Lawrence Dunbar write?

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“We Wear the Mask”

Theme: Disguising the truth

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What did Edwin Arlington Robinson write?

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"Richard Corey"
Theme: Self deception and emptiness 
"Miniver Cheevy"
Theme: Romance in the midst of reality 
Literary Technique: Irony
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What did Robert Frost write?

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"The Pasture"
"The Road Not Taken"
Literary Technique: Metaphor
"Death of a Hired Man"
Theme: Coming home
Literary Technique: Blank Verse 
"Birches"
Theme: Escaping Reality  
Literary Technique: Understatement 
"Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening"
Theme: Beauty of Nature vs. Duty and Responsibility
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What did Amy Lowell write?

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“The Taxi”

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What did Carl Sandburg write?

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“Chicago”
Theme: Describes Chicago as a working class town
Literary Technique: Personification, cataloguing, apostrophe, and long, prose like lines
“Fog”
Literary Technique: Extended Metaphor

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What did Edgar Lee Masters write?

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“Spoon River Anthology”

Literary Technique: 244 free verse epitaphs

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What did T.S. Eliot write?

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“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
Theme: Futility of man
Literary Techniques: Free verse with rhyme and complex allusions

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What did James Weldon Johnson write?

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“God Trombones”

Literary Technique: Free verse

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What did Willa Cather write?

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“Neighbor Rosicky”
Theme: Anti-Materialism
Literary Technique: Flashbacks and epiphany

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What did Ernest Hemingway write?

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“Old Man at the Bridge”
Theme: Terrible effects of war
Literary Technique: Journalistic style

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