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1
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Know the 5 I’s and be able to list them

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Imagination, inspiration from nature, intuition, inner experience, innocence

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List the American Movements in order

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Puritan, enlightenment, romantics, trans, anti-trans, Realism, naturalism, modernism, harlem, Regionalism

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Anti-trans beliefs

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nature is often dark and uncaring, nature is indifferent, and deals with wrong and unpleasant experiences

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Characteristics of Realism (3)

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Events are usually plausible
Objectivity is very important
Diction is natural and common

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Know the effects of the Harlem Renn (2)

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  • The period gave birth to a new form of religious music called “gospel music”
  • Blues and jazz are transmitted across America on the radios
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Anne Bradstreet

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Puritan

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The first American poet

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Puritan

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Captivity narratives

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Puritan

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9
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Mary Rowlandson

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Puritan

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John Smith

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Puritan

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William Bradford

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Puritan

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12
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All work is nonfiction

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Puritan

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13
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Religion Over everything

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Puritan

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14
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Equiano

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Enlightenment

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15
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Jonathan Edwards

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Enlightenment

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16
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Ben Franklin

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Enlightenment

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17
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Thomas Paine

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Enlightenment

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18
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Political innature

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Enlightenment

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19
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Men had the ability to perfect themselves

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Enlightenment

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20
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Reason over Religion

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Enlightenment

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21
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Fireside poets

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Romantics

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22
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Gothic

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Romantics

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23
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Washington Irving

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Romantics

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24
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The True American Hero

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Romantics

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25
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The Fall of the House of Usher

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Romantics

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Edgar Allen Poe

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Romantics

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27
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Feelings over reason

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Romantics

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28
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Thoreau

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Trans

29
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Emerson

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Trans

30
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Transparent Eyeball

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Trans

31
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“Self Reliance”

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Trans

32
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Walden

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Trans

33
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Utopias

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Trans

34
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Nature over everything

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Trans

35
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Scarlet Letter

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Anti-trans

36
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Human nature has a dark side

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Anti-trans

37
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Herman Melville

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Anti-trans

38
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Deals with the question of evil

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Anti-trans

39
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Dark Nature

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Anti-Trans

40
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Ambrose Bierce

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Realism

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Mark Twain

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Realism

42
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Henry James

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Realism

43
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Characters are more important than the plot

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Realism

44
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Concentration on the middle class

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Realism

45
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Reality over Imagination

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Realism

46
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“A Mystery of Heroism”

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Naturalism

47
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Jack London

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Naturalism

48
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“The Open Boat”

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Naturalism

49
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Determinism

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Naturalism

50
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Characters are dominated by external and internal forces

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Naturalism

51
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Stephen Crane

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Naturalism

52
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Steinbeck

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Modernism

53
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Stream of Consciousness

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Modernism

54
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Expatriates

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Modernism

55
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Fitzgerald

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Modernism

56
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Influenced by psychology

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Modernism

57
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Imagism

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Modernism

58
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Opinions over patriotism

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Modernism

59
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Zora Hurston

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Harlem

60
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Claude McKay

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Harlem

61
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Upsurge in African American cultural expression

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Harlem

62
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Culture over Society

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Harlem

63
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The intrusion of an outsider

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Regionalism

64
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Setting is usually remote

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Regionalism

65
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Robert Frost

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Regionalism

66
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Brett Harte

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Regionalism

67
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Edora Welty

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Regionalism

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Flannery O’connor

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Regionalism

69
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Local over national

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Regionalism

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