Realism Background
It was the #1 reason that brought the country to the point of the Civil War
Slavery
This person is considered the quintessential leader of the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman
This actually happens at the end of the story.
What is Farquhar dies by hanging.
"War is Kind" relies heavily on this type of irony to convey its point.
What is verbal irony.
This is another name for regionalism.
What is local color.
The first realistic novel written about the Civil War
What is The Red Badge of Courage
The drinking gourd in "Follow the Drinking Gourd" symbolizes what?
What is the Big Dipper
The rhythmic, percussive sound that Farquhar hears just before his hanging is caused by this.
What is the ticking of his pocket watch.
This is the theme of "War is Kind."
What is that war is cruel and horrible.
These are the characteristics of regionalism/local color.
What are focus on characters, dialect, topography, and other features particular to a certain region.
The Realism literary movement flourished here before making its way to the U.S.
What is Europe
My Bondage and My Freedom was one of his autobiographies.
Who is Frederick Douglass.
This is why Farquhar tried to burn Owl Creek Bridge.
What is he was tricked by a Northern scout.
Crane is considered a pioneer of this type of writing.
What is naturalism.
This was Mark Twain's birth name.
What is Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
This movement attempted to analyze human behavior objectively, like a scientist
What is Naturalism
This autobiography of Harriet Jacobs centers around her painful choice to leave her children and escape slavery.
What is Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.
This is where the story takes place.
What is Alabama.
The phrase "war is kind" is an example of this type of irony.
What is verbal irony.
The name of the novel Twain wrote before The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
What is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
This transcendentalist warned about the Civil War for decades.
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson
This was the title of Frederick Douglass' years as a slave.
What is Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.
In Farquhar's mind, this is why he was saved from being shot by Union soldiers after he falls into the water.
What is that he was swept out of range by a whirlpool.
This is Crane's most famous work (novel).
What is The Red Badge of Courage.
This is the most-cited reason for the controversy over The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in school curriculums.
What is the use of a derogatory term for African-Americans used over 200 times.