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U7 Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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movement that characterized the works of Edgar Allan Poe

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romanticism

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imaginative story by Washington Irving

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“rip van winkle”

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Which of the items should be considered before writing a play?

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theme and hints of future actions in the plot

stage directions and actor’s movements

characters’ ages and personalities, etc.

setting & what the stage will look like, props, etc.

plot: actions and conflict

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characteristic of the literature of the Realism and Naturalism periods

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commonplace

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3
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African-American literary movement characterized by pride

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harlem renaissance

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encounter or meet

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rencontre

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genre that has realistic conflicts

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drama

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genre with different cultures or races

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ethnic

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6
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excessively

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inordinately

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6
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genre of authentic stories from the past

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historical fiction

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7
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interactive conversation

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discourse

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8
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Scottish detective series modeled after Poe’s short stories

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sherlock holmes

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9
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first American fiction novel written in 1789 by William Hill Brown

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the power of sympathy

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fiction genre that involves crimes that need to be solved

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mystery and detective

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topic of the novel The Power of Sympathy

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morality issues

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puzzles and mysteries

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enigmas

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author who wrote the first African-American fiction novel, Clotel, in the United States

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william wells brown

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deceptive actions

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charlatanerie

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insignificant

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trivial

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having reasoning ability

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analytical

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short in size

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diminutive

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corroborates

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to support or confirm

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ingress

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the act of entering

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outré

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strange or weird

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cursory

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quickly or haste

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