Exam

Question 1

Who wrote Poor Richard’s Almanack?

Answer 1

Benjamin Franklin

Question 2

Who wrote Rip Van Winkle?

Answer 2

Washington Irving

Question 3

Who used the single effect?

Answer 3

Edgar Allan Poe

Question 4

Who wrote OPP? (Of Plymouth Plantation)

Answer 4

William Bradford

Question 5

Who was the first American Poet? (is a girl)

Answer 5

Anne Bradstreet

Question 6

Who had 17 siblings?

Answer 6

Benjamin Franklin

Question 7

Who was the first African writer to meet an American Audience?

Answer 7

Equiano

Question 8

Who was a Gothic writer during the Romantic Movement?

Answer 8

Edgar Allan Poe

Question 9

Who wrote Narrative of Captivity?

Answer 9

Mary Rowlandson

Question 10

Who wrote the Devil and Tom Walker?

Answer 10

Washington Irving

Question 11

Who wrote Sinners in the hands of an Angry god?

Answer 11

Jonathan Edwards

Question 12

Who was the first American to reach celebrity status?

Answer 12

Washington Irving

Question 13

Who invented the 3 part structure of a slave narrative?

Answer 13

Equiano

Question 14

Who wrote the autobiography?

Answer 14

Benjamin Franklin

Question 15

Who wrote Sleepy Hollow?

Answer 15

Washington Irving

Question 16

Who wrote The Raven

Answer 16

Edgar Allan Poe

Question 17

What did Puritans value the most over what?

Answer 17

Religion over everything

Question 18

What did Enlightenment value the most over what?

Answer 18

Reason over religion

Question 19

What did Romantic value the most over what?

Answer 19

Feelings over reasons

Question 20

Romantic stories moved from what to what?

Answer 20

City to Country

Question 21

What are 3 contributions or inventions of Benjamin Franklin?

Answer 21

Bifocals, lightning rod, and discovered electricity

Question 22

What are the 5 I’s of the romantic movement

Answer 22

Innocence, Imagination, Intuition, Inner Experience, and Inspiration from Nature

Question 23

Describe the Romantic American hero

Answer 23

being young, love nature, and being innocent

Question 24

What were poets called during the Enlightenment?

Answer 24

Fireside poet

Question 25

What did Puritans think was a sin?

Answer 25

to read or write fiction

Question 26

Tell the 3 part structure of a Slave Narrative

Answer 26

1. Slavery
2. Escape
3. Freedom

Question 27

Who was Natty Bumpo?

Answer 27

He was the hero in James Fenimore Cooper’s work. He is considered the first American Hero

Question 28

Alliteration

Answer 28

The repeating of the first sounds in a sentence or phrase

Question 29

Assonance

Answer 29

Repetition of vowel sounds in a sentence or phrase

Question 30

Atmosphere

Answer 30

The feeling, emotion, or mood an author conveys to the reader through the work

Question 31

Consonance

Answer 31

Repetitive sounds produced by consonants in a sentence or phrase

Question 32

Metaphor

Answer 32

Comparing two unlike things by saying one thing is another

Question 33

Simile

Answer 33

Comparing two unlike things using like or as

Question 34

Satire

Answer 34

Technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule

Question 35

Single Effect

Answer 35

Every character, detail, and incident in the story should contribute to the overall fell of the story

Question 36

Stock Character

Answer 36

Characters who represent one human emotion or characteristics

Question 37

Personification

Answer 37

Anything, an idea, or an animal is given human attributions