Which one of these is NOT a tenet of the American Dream?

Dreams are acheived no matter what

What is an apostrophe?

Addressing a person (who is dead) or thing that cannot respond

What is the definition of the Realism Era?

The faithful representation of reality.

Which is NOT a trait of a memoir?

Spans the writer's best friend's life

Which is not a trait of Contemporary literature?

Writers use traditional styles.

Which was NOT an impact of the Harlem Renaissance?

Legitimized all past hurts and made people pay for their mistakes.

The Harlem Renaissance encouraged what?

A new appreciation of folk roots and culture

Another characteristics of literature and Modernism is...

Interest in the inner workings of the human mind

What is not a characteristic of the Imagist movement?

Long flowery words and sentences

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1
Which one of these is NOT a tenet of the American Dream?
Importance and triumph of the individual.
Dreams are acheived no matter what
Optimism and faith in progress
America is the New Eden
2
What does the 's' stand for in the TPCASTT acronym?
Shift
Shirt
Syllables
Slide
3
What is an apostrophe?
Addressing a thing that can respond
The repetition of same letter at the beginning of several words
The punctuation mark used to show possession
Addressing a person (who is dead) or thing that cannot respond
4
Truth and facts are the primary appealing factors of contemporary nonfiction.
False
True
5
What is the definition of the Realism Era?
The failed representation of reality.
The reality of how much poetry gives life.
The reality of life of a poet.
The faithful representation of reality.
6
Which is NOT a theme explored in the Harlem Renaissance?
Interests in the roots of the 20th century African Americans
White pride in segregation
Racial pride
Desire for racial and political equality
7
William Carlos Williams was an Imagist poet.
True
False
8
Which is an example of an allusion?
You received a golden ticket!
George was a pig.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Please bring my green folder to science class.
9
Contemporary nonfiction integrates the literary devices of fiction.
True
False
10
Which is NOT a trait of a memoir?
Foreshadowing
Detail oriented
Spans the writer's best friend's life
Memory based
11
Which is not a trait of Contemporary literature?
Writers allow for multiple meanings and worlds.
Narrators and characters may tell different versions of the story.
Some works are deeply self-conscious
Writers use traditional styles.
12
Which was NOT an impact of the Harlem Renaissance?
Legitimized all past hurts and made people pay for their mistakes.
Legitimized African Am. music, art, and literature to white audiences.
Was not confined to the US.
Proved white society did not hold a monopoly on literature.
13
The Harlem Renaissance encouraged what?
A new appreciation of folk roots and culture
A departure from first African Americans
A split between the new and the old
A space for a new trendy form of entertainment
14
Another characteristics of literature and Modernism is...
Interest in the inner workings of animals minds
Interest in the upward workings of God
Interest in the inner workings of the human mind
Interest in the outer workings of the human mind
15
The Modernism era was from 1900-1950.
False
True
16
There was a loss of innocence and a questioning of authority in the Modernist Era.
True
False
17
What is not a characteristic of the Imagist movement?
Precise, clear, unqualified language
Long flowery words and sentences
Uses imagery
Direct treatment of the object/thing
18
The Harlem Renaissance was founded through...
The Great Milage
The Great Segregation
The Great Mitigation
The Great Migration
19
What era contradicted the Great Depression with magnificence?
Realist
Modernist
Imagist
Puritanist
20
Ezra Pound was a Modernist poet.
False
True
21
What was an explosion of art, music, and writing?
Harry Renaissance
Happy Renaissance
Harlem Renaissance
Harppy Renaissance
22
One characteristic of literature and Modernism is...
Bold experimentation and form
Deep belief in the American Dream
Hero crumbles at the first sign of trouble
Return to old traditions
23
What area used to be the literature center of America?
Europe
New England
California
Midwest
24
Which is the correct order of the poetry analysis acronym?
TPCASTT
TAPCSTT
TPACTST
TCPATST

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