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The sequence of actions and events in a literary work
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Section 1
(50 cards)
The sequence of actions and events in a literary work
Plot
Am occurrence at owl creek bridge is an example of literature from which period/movement
Realism
The testimony of a church member who claimed to have seen a persons spirt performing witchcraft was known as
Spectral evidence
Father of the modern detective story
Edgar Allen Poe
A folk tale about an animal or person who engages in trickery, violence, and magic
Trickster tale
Chastised by Reverent Hale in the crucible, he was not the model puritan
John proctor
Term which means: a central character who lacks conventional heroic attributes qualities such as idealism, courage, and morality
Anti-hero
The masked stranger who takes the lives of prince próspero and his guests
Death
A work of prose that contains imaginary elements
Fiction
"The Devil and Tom Walker" is and example of this type of literature
American Romanticism
Refers to the time and place in which the action occurs
Setting
Henpecked husband who meets the devil in the forest. Sell his soul to the devil
Tom Walker
Pioneered the short story form and put America on the literary map
Washington Erving
A group of English protestants who had sought to purify the Church of England and return to simpler ways of worshiping
Puritans
Civil war-era post who composed the book of poems Leaves of Grass and wrote "Song of Myself"
Walt Whitman
An underlying message that a writer wants the reader to understand
Theme
Fights slave breaker covey and determines to never again be abused
Fredrick Douglass
Published in 1852, this novel "helped lay the groundwork for the a civil war" and was the best-selling novel of the 19th century
Uncle Tom's Cabin
A writers attitude toward his or her subject
Tone
Play that was inspired by the Salem witch trials
The crucible
Materials written or created by people who were present at events
Primary source
Southern planter hanged by union soldiers
Peyton Farquhar
a movement in the arts during the 19th century that glorified nature and celebrated individuality.
Transcendentalism
Described his harsh capture from his African home and the brutal and "unchristian" treatment he received as a slave
Olaudah Equiano
Had an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor, but was a friend to kids and dogs
Rip van winkle
Los ve interest of both Ichabod Crane and brim bones
Katerina van Tassel
Crushed by stones during the Salem witch trials hysteria
Giles Corey
Wrote/delivered "The Gettysburg Address" and "The Emancipation Proclamation"
Abraham Lincoln
Schoolmaster for village children
Ichabod Crane
Tales of suffering that were immensely important to the antislavery cause
Slave narrative
Legend of sleepy hollow is an example of literature from which period/movement
American Romanticism
The term came from the family custom of reading poetry aloud beside a fire
Fireside poetry
Group that believed writing should be useful and clear; wrote histories, sermons, scientific works, and essays; delivered sermons contrasting goods and evil; wrote poems with religious themes
Puritans
A figure in real history, she played a damaging role in the drama selection from this semester
Abigail Williams
The master of the gothic form int e United States . Wrote "masque of the red death"
Edgar Allen Poe
Escaped slavery, founded and antislavery newspaper, was appointed to several government posts, and secretly educated himself
Fredrick Douglass
Locks himself and his friends in the abbey to avoid the red death
Prince prospero
Account of a real life historical experience
Historical Narrative
The first American author
Native Americans
Wrote a narrative about his slavery experiences and was a friend to president Lincoln
Fredrick Douglass
Girls accused their neighbors of associating with the devil in this selection
The crucible
A group on New England poets whose work was morally uplifting and romantically engaging
Fireside Poets
Shadowed by the headless horseman, he races for the church bridge
Ichabod Crane
A work with two levels of meaning, a literal one and symbolic one
Allegory
The laid-back antihero who misses his wake-up call. Went to nature to escape his wife
Rip van winkle
Literature in a play form
Drama
Author who wrote Uncle Toms cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
This new style of literature after the civil war became more honest, unsentimental, and ironic
Realism
Romantic writers were outspoken and created awareness of the injustice of_______________________
Slavery
Romantic-era novel written by Herman Melville
Moby dick
Section 2
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