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LITERARY TERMS
LITERARY MOVEMENTS
TYPES OF PROSE
AUTHORS
THEMES OR PLOT
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An extended metaphor that continues throughout an entire poem or story.

What is an allegory?

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Presents the details of actual life
What is Realism?
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long work of fiction with main plot and sub plots
What is a novel?
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Best known for his allegory, "The Crucible" that drew attention to the communist "witch hunt" of the 1950's.

Who is Arthur Miller?

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The allegory that highlights the tragic events that occurred in Salem, Massachusetts, many years ago. 

What is "The Crucible"?

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A struggle or fight that makes the story interesting
What is conflict?
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African-American outpouring of art
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
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based on history with some untrue twists to liven up the story

What is historical fiction?

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Early American author whose Puritan beliefs brought her comfort when her house burned down.

Who is Anne Bradstreet?

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A wife dies when she learns her husband didn't

What is "The Story of an Hour"?

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A work's main idea, moral, or message
What is a theme?
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17th century religious and social movement
What is Puritanism?
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Shorter than a novel, the focus is on one character or event.
What is a short story?
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Best known for his poetry "Leaves of Grass."
Who is Walt Whitman?
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An arrogant surgeon thinks his surgical skills can save him from being stranded on an island in the middle of the ocean with no food.  

What is "Survivor Type"?

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The main character
What is the protagonist?
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19th Century movement individual worth and freedom of expression
What is Romanticism?
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A person writes a story of his or her own life.
What is an Autobiography?
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Known as the two leading Transcendentalists

Who are Ralph Waldo Emerson & Henry David Thoreau?

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A strong sermon preached to the early Puritans by Jonathan Edwards full of imagery.  

What is "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?

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Clues that hint what will happen later

What is foreshadowing?

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viewed people as victims of heredity and environment
What is Naturalism?
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Writings about imaginary people or events
What is fiction?
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Famous American author who wrote the Modernism classic, Of Mice and Men.

Who is John Steinbeck?

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A man hangs, or does he escape

What is "Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"?