Authors
The Great Gatsby
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald
Four friends join a doctor in an experimental procedure to become young again
What is Dr. Heideggar's Experiment?
The Belle of Amherst; The Recluse of Amherst
Emily Dickinson
said "Give me liberty or give me death"
Patrick Henry
an original work of its kind from which others with similar themes are taken
archetype
Of Mice and Men, East of Eden, The Pearl
Who is John Steinbeck?
Fortunato and Montressor
"The Cask of Amontillado"
credited with bring free verse to American literature
Walt Whitman
Benjamin Franklin
Harold Krebs is considered this type of character
What is an anti-hero.
"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
Who is Mark Twain?
"The Pit and the Pendulum"
told of her experiences of being taken captive by the Wampanoag Indians during King Philip's war when her village was raided
Mary Rowlandson
person who said that Americans had 3 inalienable rights of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Thomas Jefferson
point of view where the narrator reports without comment, much like a camera person would record a scene
objective point of view
"To Build a Fire", Call of the Wild, White Fang
Who is Jack London?
"The Devil and Tom Walker"
considered as the father or horror; introduced gothic fiction to American literature
Edgar Allan Poe
Thomas Paine
a story within a story
frame narrative
A Farewell to Arms, The Old Man and the Sea,
"Soldier's Home"
Who is Ernest Hemingway?
Peyton Farquhar
"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
Anne Bradstreet
Jonathan Edwards
a listing in a poem, used by Walt Whitman
catalog