American Literature 1st semester FINAL

What is NOT part of the plot?

Man versus himself

Period in lit which contains myths, legends, and stories about the establishment of America.

Written exaggeration

In Poe’s “Masque of the Red Death,” the situational irony is that

The use of images in a text that helps the readers visualize the events is what?

(Their/They’re/There) is the island.

The man went on vacation (to, two, too).

Who is being satirized in “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” and why?

The candidate (than, then) delivered his speech.

One of the many ironic elements in “The Devil and Tom Walker” is that

I read the novel Tom Sawyer in class today.

Occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

In E.A. Poe’s “The Black Cat,” the narrator tells the story

Giving human characteristics to nonhumans

Professional sports are different (from, than, then) amateur games.

Something concrete representing or standing in for something abstract

Man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. society or fate

What is NOT part of a setting?

Anonymous story w/ supernatural events with little or no historical fact

Period in lit characterized by strict moral and religious rules.

Narrative handed down from the past, less emphasis on supernatural & more on historical truth

Rival or opponent of the central character, who generally starts the action in a story

Presentation of events/conflicts in a literary work that gives a hint of what is yet to come

Period in lit which stressed imagination, emotion, and individualism.

Referring to someone/something without explanation; author assumes reader to be familiar with

In which situations are citations necessary?

Methods used by the author to provide insight into the motivations of various people in texts

FIX: Kody went to the dinner, Kacey stayed home.

A word that, when pronounced, makes the sound it is naming

FIX: Liz and Ali went to the movies and Michael and Danny went for pizza.

Comparison using “like,” “as,” “than”

Central character of the story

An author’s depiction of a central or dominating idea in a literary work

Direct comparison NOT using “like,” “as,” “than”

In the story “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment,” the characters are meant to represent