Periods of American Literature
This period is the earliest in American literature. It largely focuses on mythology.
What is the Native American period
Comparing two things by using like or as
What is a simile?
This is a question that suggests the audience already knows the answer.
What is a rhetorical question?
This is the author of the poem "An American Lyric"
Who is Amanda Gorman?
Harry Potter was *almost* sorted into this house.
What is Slytherin?
This period is only concerned with documenting history and praising God.
What is the Puritanical Period.
Comparing two things *without* using like or as
What is a metaphor?
This is an appeal to logic.
What is logos?
Who is Patrick Henry?
This country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States.
What is France?
This period is a rejection of rationalism and a return to a focus on nature and feelings.
What is Romanticism?
Creating language that appeals to the senses.
What is imagery?
This refers to what the author hopes to accomplish with his or her text.
What is purpose?
He wrote many aphorisms; he is known as a Transcendentalist.
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
Steve Harvey is the host of this game show.
What is Family Feud?
This period displays the importance of logic. It occurs during the American and French Revolution.
What is Rationalism?
Giving inanimate objects human traits.
What is personfication?
This refers to a belief or opinion that may be explicit or implicit in the text.
What is the argument?
She wrote about her experience as a Native American growing in Wisconsin
Who is Susan Power
Who is Julia Roberts?
This period is the one we are currently living in.
What is the Contemporary Period?
This occurs when a writer purposely puts two very different things beside each other for effect.
What is juxtaposition?
This is an appeal to emotions.
What is pathos?
He wrote two of the three texts of Romanticism you were given the option to read.
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
In 2023, WWF stands for this.
What is World Wildlife Fund?