Realism/Naturalism/Regionalism

Question 1

The Realism movement and the Naturalism movement began:

Answer 1

with the end of the Civil War

Question 2

The Realism movement ended approximately

Answer 2

at the turn of the century (1900)

Question 3

An American literary genre that started as a movement in late nineteenth century in literature, film, theater, and art. It is a type of extreme realism.

Answer 3

Naturalism

Question 4

This movement suggested the roles of family, social conditions, and environment in shaping human character.

Answer 4

Naturalism

Question 5

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce is an example of literature from this movement

Answer 5

Realism

Question 6

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck is an example of American literature from this movement:

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Naturalism

Question 7

The Open Boat (By Stephen Crane is an example of American literature from this movement:

Answer 7

Naturalism

Question 8

Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is an example of American literature from this movement:

Answer 8

Realism

Question 9

The writer of ________ literature often describes his characters as though they are conditioned and controlled by environment, heredity, instinct, or chance.

Answer 9

Naturalism

Question 10

The writer of ___________ literature populates his novel primarily from the lower middle class or the lower class.

Answer 10

Naturalism

Question 11

Naturalism is an extension of realism only in the sense that both modes often deal with …

Answer 11

the local and contemporary.

Question 12

Novels in the naturalism movement are thought to be:

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“clinical, panoramic, slice-of-life” drama that is often a “chronicle of despair”

Question 13

1865

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Naturalism was a literary movement taking place from 1865 to 1914 that used detailed realism to suggest that social conditions, heredity, and environment had inescapable force in shaping human character. Naturalistic writers were influenced by the evolution theory of Charles Darwin

Question 14

This American literary movement was influenced by the writings of Charles Darwin

Answer 14

Naturalism

Question 15

Individual characters were seen as helpless products of heredity and environment in this type of literature

Answer 15

Naturalism.

Question 16

A Score is how many years?

Answer 16

A score is equal to 20 years.

Question 17

a particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group

Answer 17

dialect. Example: A Northern American might say, “hello.”
A Southern American might say, “howdy.”
This is an example of the differences in dialect.

Question 18

To suffer death, typically in a violent, sudden, or untimely way.

Answer 18

Perish

Question 19

To express the meaning of (the writer or speaker or something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity.
“you can either quote or paraphrase literary texts”

Answer 19

Paraphrase

Question 20

Author’s voice is

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a writer’s style, the quality that makes their writing unique

Question 21

Character’s voice is

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the individual way a character has of putting together words, phrases, and ideas.

Question 22

Legacy is

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something that is passed on to you from family, including reputation.
“People that do great things often leave behind a legacy.”

Question 23

Consecrate means

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to make or declare (something, typically a church) sacred; dedicate formally to a religious or divine purpose.

Question 24

In American literature, _____________ refers to works that describe a distinctive local geography and culture, and to movements that value smaller-scaled representations of place over representations of broad territorial range.

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regionalism

Question 25

________________ or local color is a style or genre of writing in the United States that gained popularity in the mid to late 19th century into the early 20th century.

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American literary regionalism

Question 26

Harriet Beecher Stowe is an example of a writer of

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regionalism

Question 27

A proclamation is

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a public or official announcement, especially one dealing with a matter of great importance.
“Eisenhower signed a proclamation admitting Alaska to the Union”

Question 28

What is a person doing when they proclaim something?

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declaring publicly, typically insistently, proudly, or defiantly and in either speech or writing : announcing.

Question 29

Famous speech by President Lincoln delivered the 272 word speech on November 19, 1863 on the battlefield near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Answer 29

The Gettysburg Address

Question 30

To emancipate is to

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free from restraint, control, or the power of another especially : to free from bondage

Question 31

A document issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war.

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The Emancipation Proclamation

Question 32

This document declared “that all persons held as slaves” within the rebellious states “are, and henceforward shall be free.”

Answer 32

The Emancipation Proclamation

Question 33

Which came first; The Gettysburg Address or the Emancipation Proclamation?

Answer 33

The Gettysburg Address.

Question 34

True or false: Novels or stories from Realism, Naturalism and Regionalism can be biographies.

Answer 34

False.

Question 35

A score is (how much time?)

Answer 35

Twenty years

Question 36

An example of a regular speaking voice is:

1. “I’m going to get milk.”
2. “Start your day by drinking milk. It is a small pleasure that prepares you to be a pleasure to others.”
3. “Drink that milk. Go get more. Drink that milk. Go get more.”

Answer 36

Answer: 1. “I’m going to get milk.” This is an example of a regular speaking voice in writing.

Question 37

An example of an overly descriptive voice in writing is:

1. “Start your day by drinking milk. It is a small pleasure that prepares you to be a pleasure to others.”
2. “I’m going to get milk.”
3. “I believe I shall venture into the deep-hued darkness of the evening on a trek in my oversized motorized vehicle in search of that enticing white liquid which I frequently pour liberally over wheat flakes in the early hours of the morn’ before the sun has fully shaken its slumber.”

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Answer: 3. “I believe I shall venture into the deep-hued darkness of the evening on a trek in my oversized motorized vehicle in search of that enticing white liquid which I frequently pour liberally over wheat flakes in the early hours of the morn’ before the sun has fully shaken its slumber.”

Question 38

An example of a cynical voice in writing is:

1. “Drink that milk. Go get more. Drink that milk. Go get more.”
2. “They say milk is good for you. My brother drank milk. He died.”
3. “I just blew some milk out of my nose.”

Answer 38

Answer: 2. “They say milk is good for you. My brother drank milk. He died.”

Question 39

An example of an empowering voice in writing is:

1. “Milk? Who says you need milk? You don’t need milk. You are better than that. Milk doesn’t rule you. You rule milk.”
2. “Here are 47 reasons why you should go get milk.”
3. “Yeah, that milk mustache looks good. And so do those shoes.”

Answer 39

Answer: 1. “Milk? Who says you need milk? You don’t need milk. You are better than that. Milk doesn’t rule you. You rule milk.” This is an empowering voice in writing.

Question 40

An example of an authoritative voice in writing is:

1. “I often drink milk. In fact, I need some now. Milk is great. If you enjoy milk, you will enjoy my milk blog. The web address is…”
2. “I just blew some milk out of my nose.”
3. “As the director of milk studies in Wisconsin for over twenty years, I have easily consumed five semi-truck tankerfulls of the liquid. So believe me when I say milk tastes good.”

Answer 40

Answer: 3. “As the director of milk studies in Wisconsin for over twenty years, I have easily consumed five semi-truck tankerfulls of the liquid. So believe me when I say milk tastes good.” This is an appeal to “authority.”

Question 41

An example of a scholarly voice is:
1. ‘Milk is a product of the mammary glands of mammals. It is a white liquid that provides nourishment to infant mammals before they can digest solid foods. My supply of milk has expired.”
2. “Yeah, that milk mustache looks good. And so do those shoes.”
3. “Drink of the morning,
precious white liquid,
my need of you is dire,
I seek you relentlessly”

Answer 41

Answer: 1. ‘Milk is a product of the mammary glands of mammals. It is a white liquid that provides nourishment to infant mammals before they can digest solid foods. My supply of milk has expired.” This is a “scholarly” appeal.

Question 42

An example of Poetic voice is:
1. “Drink that milk. Go get more. Drink that milk. Go get more.”
2. “Drink of the morning,
precious white liquid,
my need of you is dire,
I seek you relentlessly”
3.. “Here are 47 reasons why you should go get milk.”

Answer 42

Answer: 2. “Drink of the morning,
precious white liquid,
my need of you is dire,
I seek you relentlessly”

Question 43

An example of a listical voice in writing is:

1. “Here are 47 reasons why you should go get milk.”
2. “Here’s what I learned by drinking 4 gallons of milk in one sitting.”
3. “I just blew some milk out of my nose.”

Answer 43

Answer: 1.“Here are 47 reasons why you should go get milk.”

Question 44

Dialect is:

1. a particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group.
2. a particular way to dial a phone.
3. a person lacking in intelligence.

Answer 44

Answer: 1. a particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group.

Question 45

An example of a southern dialect is:

1. Hello
2. Howdy
3. Hi

Answer 45

Answer: 2. Howdy

Question 46

An example of American hillbilly English dialect is:

1. “I ain’t seen nothing, Governor.”
2. “I haven’t seen anything, Governor.”
3. “Ah ain’ seen nuh’in, gubnah”

Answer 46

Answer: 3. “Ah ain’ seen nuh’in, gubnah”

Question 47

Para means:

1. A prefix with many meanings, including: alongside of, beside, near, resembling, beyond, apart from, and abnormal.
2. Half a parachute.
3. Almost a trooper.

Answer 47

Answer: 1. A prefix with many meanings, including: alongside of, beside, near, resembling, beyond, apart from, and abnormal.

Question 48

To paraphrase means to:

1. be a Paratrooper in charge of phrasing.
2. formulate someone else’s ideas in your own words. To paraphrase a source, you have to rewrite a passage without changing the meaning of the original text.
3. To quote someone.

Answer 48

Answer: 2.Paraphrasing means formulating someone else’s ideas in your own words. To paraphrase a source, you have to rewrite a passage without changing the meaning of the original text.

Question 49

An offshoot of realism is called ____________. This extreme form of realism uses scientific objectivism, survival of the fittest, and the environment to mold and shape the characters. Therefore, in ___________ work, the characters might be controlled by their environment or fight for their survival.

Answer 49

Naturalism