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Douglass/Jacobs
"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
100
This was the main reason that many Romantic/Transcendentalist writers supported the Civil War.
What is "slavery"?
100
This is the genre of literature that started to fade during and after the Civil War.
What is Romanticism?
100
American authors like Stephen Crane, Mark Twain, and Ambrose Bierce tried to create realistic characters, who sounded like they came from the place that they were from. Therefore, these authors used their ________ to emphasize where they were from when they spoke.
What is "speech" or "voice"?
100
By using a particular kind of tone and making certain choices with his language, Douglass tries to show that slaves can, in fact, be __________.
What is "educated"?
100
This story is set during this national conflict.
What is "The Civil War"?
200
This is good word to describe the way that Thoreau, Emerson, and Whitman responded to the Civil War.
What is "idealism" or "optimism"?
200
This is the aspect of human nature that poets like Herman Melville and Stephen Crane tried to capture in their literature (the human capacity for _______ instead of good), which was inspired by the Civil War.
What is "evil"?
200
This is the name of the literary practice in which authors purposely make fictional characters sound and behave as if they come from the "region" in which they live.
What is Regionalism?
200
Another word for the attitude of the author is the "______" of the piece.
What is "the tone"?
200
This is the narrative point of view in which the narrator is outside the story, but all knowing and inclusive.
What is "third person omniscient"?
300
This is the only American literary figure who actually saw the Civil War up close, spending his time traveling from camp to camp, playing the role of nurse, counselor, and friend to many dying soldiers on both sides.
Who is Walt Whitman?
300
This is the name of the genre that formed as a reaction to the Civil War and as a reaction against Romanticism.
What is "Realism"?
300
This is the literary philosophy in which humans are compared to animals, nature is shown to be indifferent to human needs, and life is a losing battle.
What is Naturalism?
300
Jacobs's _________ conflict is created when she has difficulty deciding whether to escape from slavery immediately or to wait for a better opportunity later to escape with her children.
What is "internal"?
300
This is the point of view in which the narrator is outside the story, but only focuses on one character's perspective and is, therefore, somewhat unreliable.
What is "third person limited"?
400
This is the word we used for "the removal of illusions" many Americans experienced during the Civil War.
What is "Disillusionment"?
400
Realist writers particularly rejected this archetypal character of Romanticism, who was innocent, had good knowledge of the woods and nature, and was very "heroic."
What is "The Romantic Hero"?
400
An important part of the definition of Naturalism is that human behavior is determined by _______ and ______.
What is "heredity" and "environment"?
400
Douglass uses this kind of tone in his piece in order to avoid creating pity or drama. It is a word that means "factual".
What is "objective"?
400
This is the narrative point of view the narrator uses when informing the audience that the man who visited Peyton Farquhar's plantation was a Federal Scout.
What is "omniscient"?
500
This is the quote for which Ralph Waldo Emerson is most famous, regarding his support for the Civil War.
What is "Sometimes gun powder smells good"?
500
This is the Walt Whitman quote from his poem "Song of Myself", which was meant to show his unity with people he considered to be heroic, including Civil War soldiers.
What is, "I am the man. I suffered. I was there"?
500
This is the new scientific theory of the 19th century that influenced Naturalism and the name of the scientist who invented it:
What are "evolution" or "Darwinism" and "Charles Darwin"?
500
This is the Douglass quote from his piece that reaffirms his newly recovered identity after fighting off Mr. Covey:
What is, "You have seen how a man was made a slave; now you will see how a slave was made a man"?
500
When Peyton Farqhuar is revealed to be dead at the end of the story, the narrative point of view switches from ______ to _______ in order to clearly demonstrate that Farquhar is dead.
What is What is "third person limited to objective"?
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