English 11: American Literature End of Year Review

A ____is an idea, symbol, pattern, character-type, in a story that appears repeatedly across stories.

A persuasive strategy that shows the opposing side is wrong for some reason

This persuasive strategy builds trust between speaker and audience

The first American literature was written by:

I traveled the Mississippi with a runaway slave named Jim

The use of realistic speech patterns and accents of a person from a certain region, socioeconomic group, or ethnic group

The Crucible was written by:

Romantic works showed all of these BUT...

14 lines, ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme, last two lines set theme

I wrote science fiction and predicted the future of society with advanced technology in many of my works

I wrote Ethan Frome, a tragic story about a man whose life is consumed by responsibility

Who wrote "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?

Realism was prompted by all BUT...

Parrallelism is NOT shown in the line...

The father of American realism is...

A story used to highlight a point in your argument

Which is NOT true of the Rationalist movement?

An analysis that analyzed how the author's life shapes his/her work

Which of the following is NOT a Romantic author?

A comparison not using like or as is

Characters who change as a result of the story events

well-developed and emotionally complex characters

Romantic Heroes are NOT

John Proctor is the ____________of the Crucible

Romanticism movement was prompted by:

Anne Bradstreet was important for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

lines composed of five feet with alternating stressed and unstressed syllables

I wrote my novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest using my own experiences with drug use and institutionalization

Propaganda technique that distracts the audience from the issue and brings up an unrelated point

Propaganda technique that makes the idea seem like the cool thing that everyone is doing

reference to an outside event, person, artwork, or story that is used to make a point within literature

this persuasive strategy gets your audience feeling a certain way in order to get them invested

I wrote The Great Gatsby, the classic modern novel about the roaring 20's

An analysis of gender in a piece of literature

characters who stay the same throughout the story

A self taught man, my experiences working on the Mississippi shaped by greatest novel

comparison used to teach a lesson or explain a concept

The Scarlet Letter and Dr. Heideggar's Experiment were written by:

An extended metaphor is NOT shown in this line....

characters who work as opposites of each other

The goal of the realist writer was to...

Written by Zora Neal Hurston, this novel advocates for equality in relationships and in society

two lines in a row that rhyme

Appeal that gets the audience convinced that your idea is reasonable and makes sense

I saw more time on brutal fronts in WWII than most people, and my experiences shaped my novel Catcher in the Rye.

I wrote many stories set in World War I and shows the emotional distance that came from a result of war

poetry with no rhyme or meter

Native Americans did NOT:

An analysis that applies modern psychology to fictional characters

Which of the following was NOT a rationalist author?