The Poet of Democracy
This 19th-century poet believed poetry should represent ordinary Americans and celebrated workers, bodies, and individuality.
Who is Walt Whitman?
This movement portrays ordinary life truthfully.
What is Realism?
Mark Twain is a ______ name.
What is a pen name?
In "Désirée’s Baby," the final revelation exposes the destructiveness of this.
What is racism?
“The Notorious Jumping Frog” uses this narrative structure.
What is a frame narrative?
The repeated use of this pronoun helps Whitman create a universal speaker who represents both himself and all Americans.
What is “I”?
This movement emphasizes heredity and environment as controlling forces.
What is Naturalism?
The storytelling style using regional dialect contributes to this literary style.
What is realism (or local color)?
Emma Lazarus reflects on the exile of this group in “1492.”
Who are Jewish people?
“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” plays with this to mislead readers.
What is time (or perception)?
Instead of rhyme and strict meter, Whitman uses this poetic form characterized by long, flowing lines without regular rhythm.
What is free verse?
Stephen Crane suggests the universe is this toward human suffering.
What is indifferent?
The man who tells the frog story in Twain’s tale.
Who is Simon Wheeler?
Sarah Winnemucca presents Native life as deeply connected to this.
What is family and culture?
Ambrose Bierce uses satire in The Devil’s Dictionary to critique this.
What are social institutions (or hypocrisy)?
During the Civil War, Whitman served in this role, visiting wounded soldiers in Washington hospitals and writing letters home for them.
What is a volunteer nurse?
Naturalist characters are often shaped by forces beyond their ______.
What is control?
The baby in "The Luck of Roaring Camp" is nicknamed this.
What is Luck?
In “The Goophered Grapevine,” the outer narrator shows this attitude toward Julius.
What is skepticism shaped by racial bias?
Mrs. Mallard initially feels this unexpected emotion.
What is freedom?
After the assassination of this president, Whitman wrote the elegy “O Captain! My Captain!” mourning both the leader and the fractured nation.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
In "The Open Boat," the correspondent realizes humans are not the center of this.
What is the universe (or nature)?
Bret Harte suggests compassion can do this to rough miners.
What is humanize them?
In “In the Jewish Synagogue at Newport,” the synagogue symbolizes this.
What is cultural endurance and memory?
This Confederate sympathizer imagines escape before his execution.
Who is Peyton Farquhar?