Where it All Began (Native American Literature)
Native American myths were passed down through this method.
Word of Mouth (Spoken Word)
The reason the Puritans left England.
Religious freedom and a new life.
"The Devil and Tom Walker" suggests this is the wickedest occupation.
Slave trading
This major event was one major factor in the beginning of Realism.
The Civil War
This major event helped start Modernism.
World War I
In the Iroquois myth "The Earth on Turtle's Back", this is the reason Sky Woman went down into the hole.
She was pushed by her husband.
This writing was a break-up letter from the colonies to King George of Britain.
The Declaration of Independence.
In "Masque of the Red Death", the stranger in the party was so frightening for this reason.
It resembled the Red Death.
These two styles of writing (two other "isms") are within the Realism style.
Regionalism and Naturalism
This was the explosion of art, music and writing from African American artists from the time period.
The Harlem Renaissance
In the Onondaga myth “The Earth on Turtle’s Back,” this animal succeeded in getting land from the bottom of the ocean.
The Muskrat
Equiano was this age when he was captured and brought to Barbados.
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These two types of literature (two other "isms") are considered Romantic.
Dark Romanticism and Transcendentalism
In a fight between nature and man, Naturalists believe this.
Nature always wins over man.
The Harlem Renaissance planted the seeds for this social movement.
The Civil Rights Movement
A symbol, story pattern, or character type that is found in the literature of many cultures.
An Archetype
Bradford gives the most credit for saving the Pilgrims during the "starving time" to this.
God's Mercy
Transcendentalists believe that the truth can be found in this.
Nature
Lincoln was asked to give a speech at Gettysburg for this reason.
To honor the dead at Gettysburg
This man was a major poet from the Harlem Renaissance
Langston Hughes
This character type, frequently an animal – such as a coyote, a raven, or a mink – that speaks and displays other human traits, has two sides to its personality.
A Trickster
When Equiano first sees the white slave traders, he assumes that they are this.
Evil Spirits
In "Masque of the Red Death", Poe is mainly using this literary element.
Symbolism
In "To Build a Fire", this person warned the main character about being out in the cold.
The old man from Sulpher Creek.
This is "the American Dream".
Having the ability to work to make good money, having a home, and starting a family.