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LITERARY TERMS
LITERARY MOVEMENTS
TYPES OF PROSE
AUTHORS
THEMES OR PLOT
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The force or person in conflict with the main character
What is an antagonist?
100
Presents the details of actual life
What is Realism?
100
long work of fiction with main plot and sub plots
What is a novel?
100
Best known for his tragic depiction of an "everyman" chasing the American Dream
Who is Arthur Miller?
100
Two elderly ladies want to live their own way
What is "A Mistaken Charity"?
200
A struggle or fight that makes the story interesting
What is conflict?
200
African-American outpouring of art
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
200
based on history with some untrue twists to liven up the story
What is Creative Non-fiction?
200
Former slave and early American feminist and Civil Rights author.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
200
A wife dies when she learns her husband didn't
What is "The Story of an Hour"?
300
A work's main idea, moral, or message
What is a theme?
300
17th century religious and social movement
What is Puritanism?
300
Shorter than a novel, the focus is on one character or event.
What is a short story?
300
Best known for his poetry "Leaves of Grass."
Who is Walt Whitman?
300
A young man sacrifices to give birth to an alien's children
What is "Blood Child"?
400
The main character
What is the protagonist?
400
19th Century movement individual worth and freedom of expression
What is Romanticism?
400
A person writes a story of his or her own life.
What is an Autobiography?
400
Known a "Poppa" and his realistic novels. He's the author of "The Old Man and the Sea."
Who is Ernest Hemingway?
400
A child regrets he did not thank his father
What is "Winter Sundays"?
500
Clues that hint what will happen later
What is foreshadowing?
500
viewed people as victims of heredity and environment
What is Naturalism?
500
Writings about imaginary people or events
What is fiction?
500
Famous American playwright, his play, "The Odd Couple" became a hit on Broadway and television.
Who is Neil Simon?
500
A man hangs, or does he escape
What is "Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"?