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No real “literature”; writing consisted recording history and sermons (non fiction)

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Puritan

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Bible-based religion is at the center

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Puritan

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Lack of upward mobility and religious freedom in Europe led many to the New World

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Puritan

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For both practical and religious reasons, community good was emphasized over individual freedoms

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Puritan

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The belief in predestination greatly influenced worldview and writing

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Puritan

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The belief in a divine mission - a covenant with god/ New Israel - is at the core of Puritan worldview and writing

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Puritan

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John Smith

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Puritan

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William Bradoford

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Puritan

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John Winthrop

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Puritan

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Writing is practical, philosophical (Nonfiction)

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Enlightenment

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Reason is paramount in the search for truth

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Enlightenment

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Empirical knowledge is at the center

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Enlightenment

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The universe is a logical and ordered system

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Enlightenment

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Humanity is progressing toward a more mature state

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Enlightenment

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Provides philosophical basis for American Revolution

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Enlightenment

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Coincides with rise of science, advent of industrial revolution

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Enlightenment

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Thomas Paine

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Enlightenment

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Benjamin Franklin

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Enlightenment

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Writing is philosophical treatises (Nonfiction) and novels/short stories (fiction)

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Romanticism

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Birth of an American literary tradition (Fiction)

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Romanticism

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For “I”’s : Individual, intuition, imagination, idealism

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Romanticism

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Individual spirituality/interpretation is at the center

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Romanticism

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Shift towards an emphasis on feelings and emotions over reason

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Romanticism

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Transcendentalist movement was compromised of a small group of writers from Massachusetts

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Romanticism

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Renewed appreciation fro and attempt to connect with nature

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Romanticism

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The idea of an over soul that connects all of humanity and nature is prevalent

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Romanticism

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Reaction to/against industrial revolution

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Romanticism

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Edgar Allen Poe

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Romanticism

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Romanticism

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Romanticism

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Henry David Thoreau

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Romanticism

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Writing is fiction and nonfiction

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Realist

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Attempt to portray life as it really is rather than how it should be

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Realist

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In large part is a result of the Civil War - forced America to take a hard look in the mirror in light of horror/tragedy of war

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Realist

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Writing often served as a platform for social criticism

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Realist

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Regionalism is a form of realism that focuses on characteristics of a particular region of America

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Realist

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Naturalism is a form of realism that views humans as simply another species ruled by outside forces (environment, instinct natural selection) - rules out idea of divine providence

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Realist

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Jack London

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Realist

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Stephan Crane

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Realist

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Mark Twain

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Realist

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Much of the literature is a response to significant cultural forces, esp. WWI and advent of mass culture

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Modernism

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Writing is characterized by experimentation, defiance of tradition, and fragmentation

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Modernism

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Harlem Renaissance is surge in black art culture, social and political activity in NY during 1920’s and 30’s

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Modernism

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Langston Hughes

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Modernism

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Modernism

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Ernest Hemingway

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Modernism

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T.S Elliot

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Modernism

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Robert Frost

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Modernism

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Verisimilitude

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The appearance of truth

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Static Character

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One who doesn’t change

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Protagonist

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The main character

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Antagonist

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The person who tries to stop the main character

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Foil

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A character who highlights another character’s trait by contrast

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Flat Character

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One dimensional (few traits)

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Round Character

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Three-Dimensional (many traits)

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Dynamic Character

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Undergoes significant change

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Archetype

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An original model or pattern which forms the basics for ever thing of the same type (Blueprint/Template)

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Symbol

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An object which represents something greater (an idea)

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Metaphor

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A direct comparison between unlike things

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Simile

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Comparison between unlike things using like or as

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Personification

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Attributing human traits to anything inhuman

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Foreshadow

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Hints/clues about what will happen later

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Internal Conflict

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Emotional

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External conflict

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Natural

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Tone

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The author’s attitude towards a subject (mood)

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Theme

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The (A) idea/message explored in a work

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Setting

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Where/When, time/place

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Satire

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Using humor to point out human/society’s flaws

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Deus ex machina

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“God from the machine”

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Imagery

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Sensory language

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Irony

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Reversal of expectations

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Allusion

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A reference to anything outside of the story

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Allegory

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A story in which characters/setting/plot have symbolic value

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Dialect

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Regional/cultural variation of the same language/speaking

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