Realism

Question 1

Define American Realism

Answer 1

American Realism is an attempt to represent everyday people and situations accurately without embellishment.

Question 2

Where do the concepts from the American Realism movement come from

Answer 2

France in the 1800s

Question 3

What movement does the literary time period follow

Answer 3

Transcendentalism

Question 4

What are 5 of the six characteristics of realism

Answer 4

1. Characters are more important than the plot. 2. Events are usually plausible. 3. objectivity is very important. 4. Diction is natural and common. 5. Concentration is on the middle class

Question 5

Was a civil war soldier

Answer 5

Ambrose Bierce

Question 6

Born Smauel Langhorn Clemons

Answer 6

Mark Twain

Question 7

Is best known for Portrait of a Lady

Answer 7

Henry James

Question 8

Disappeared in Mexico

Answer 8

Ambrose Bierce

Question 9

Wrote “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calavarous County”

Answer 9

Mark Twain

Question 10

Wrote “The Ambassador”

Answer 10

Henry James

Question 11

Was cited for bravery as a soldier 15 times

Answer 11

Ambrose Bierce

Question 12

Worked as a steamboat captain

Answer 12

Mark Twain

Question 13

“Life on the Mississippi” was written by whom

Answer 13

Mark Twain

Question 14

Summarize the plot for the story in 3 sentences or less

Answer 14

The main character “Mark Twain” is learning to be a steamboat captain. He needs to learn how to read the river and steer the ship. He realizes that being a steamboat captain not a simple task and make mistakes;such as thinking that Mr. W needs help steering

Question 15

What Assumptions does Twain make that is completely wrong when he stays awake all night?

Answer 15

That Mr. W is not prepared or trained enough to steer the ship without help at night.

Question 16

What was the extended metaphor for steering a ship

Answer 16

Reading a book

Question 17

What does Bierce use to establish his setting

Answer 17

imagery

Question 18

How is this a true story of the Realism movement?

Answer 18

it focuses on the characters. Centered around Farquhar in the movement

Question 19

Where does Bierce find his knowledge about war?

Answer 19

he was a Civil War soldier

Question 20

Describe the three parts of the story.

Answer 20

I. It’s the rising action and contains the most truths. II. The exposition given in a flashback. (imagery action) III. The most words and covers the shortest amount of time

Question 21

What is unique about the third section

Answer 21

It contains the most words and the most details with the shortest amount of plot

Question 22

What is unique about the third section?

Answer 22

It has the most words and the most details.

Question 23

Who are the two most influential writers of the American Realism movement?

Answer 23

Henry James and Mark Twain

Question 24

What is the Point of View?

Answer 24

the vantage point at which a story is told

Question 25

What is Omniscient POV?

Answer 25

where the narrator knows all the thoughts, actions, and feelings of all characters.

Question 26

What is Objective POV?

Answer 26

the writer tells what happens without stating more than can be inferred from the story’s action and dialogue.

Question 27

Foreshadowing

Answer 27

The author gives clues about what is going to happen later one in the story

Question 28

What is a Flashback?

Answer 28

an interruption in the action of a plot to tell what happened at an earlier time

Question 29

What is Foreshadowing?

Answer 29

the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot

Question 30

How is this a true story of the Realism movement

Answer 30

The story focused on the character rather than the plot Most of the story focuses on Farquar’s life and visions in flashbacks rather than the actual plot. It also did not romanticize war like many stories in this time period.

Question 31

Where does Bierce find his knowledge about war?

Answer 31

His own experience. He was a Civil War soldier that saw action at Shiloh and Chickamauga.

Question 32

What are some of the clues to what is truly happening to Farquar

Answer 32

The tree lined road, congested eyes, and swollen tongue.

Question 33

Describe the three parts of the story

Answer 33

Section 1. Rising action and the section that contains the most action. 2. The exposition in a flashback. 3. Most words but covers the shortest amount of time.

Question 34

Point of view

Answer 34

The vantage point from which a story is written or told.

Question 35

Omniscient Point of View

Answer 35

a method of story telling in which the narrator knows the thoughts and feeling of all the characters.

Question 36

Objective POV

Answer 36

the writer tells what happens without stating more than the story’s action and dialogue

Question 37

Third person limited

Answer 37

the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character

Question 38

flashback

Answer 38

The author gives clues about what is going to happen later one in the story