Writers
Examples
Define
Regionalism
Times
100
What is a short story by Mark Twain
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
100
What is "We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain-" an example of
Alliteration
100
What is tone
the author's attitude toward the subject and audience
100
What is the focus of Regionalism
local color local flavor
100
What act, passed in 1862, promised 160 Acres of land
Homestead Act
200
What is the short story by Willa Cather
A Wagner Matinee
200
What is "Suddenly, he had turned the tables on his pursuers" an example of
Idiom
200
What is mood
How the reader feels through the story
200
What is the way authors rely on to highlight locals
dialect
200
How many people went to the Frontier for the promise of new beginnings and land
500,000
300
What are the names of Mark Twain's most famous books
Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
300
What is What is the point of view used in A Wagner Matinee by Willa Cather
First Person
300
What is The Homestead Act
Promised 160 Acres of land to people willing to move to the frontier
300
What are the main areas the regional writers focused on
South and West
300
What Railroad was completed in 1869?
What is Transcontinental
400
Who is the author who wrote Call of the Wild
Jack London
400
What is the connotation of "conclusion" in the line "when you face old age and its natural conclusion"
Death
400
What is Transcontinental
The railroad that goes "Across the continent"
400
What is the region Mark Twain mostly wrote about
Mississippi River
400
How many millions of people went to New York during Urbanization
What is 9 (million)
500
Who is the author of The Awakening
Kate Chopin
500
What is "His sailor skin is an ancient parchment" an example of
metaphor
500
What is Exaggeration (not hyperbole)
A type of humor device that Mark Twain uses
500
Who is Samuel Clements?
What is Mark Twain's real name
500
What did the industrial city need to support families
What is child labor
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