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studystack for final
literature studystack for final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This author was a Puritan Preacher and a Pilgrim; wrote "Pilgrim's Progress" while in prison. | John Bunyan |
| This author was a French Novelist and Writer of Adventure and Science Fiction; wrote "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea" | Jules Verne |
| This author was the father of the English Novel, a Trader , a Journalist, and a Spy, wrote "Robinson Crusoe." | Daniel Defoe |
| This author was an English Literary Genius, Champion of the Poor, One of the Greatest Writers of the Victorian Era, wrote "A Christmas Carol" | Charles Dickens |
| This author was a Famous Scottish Poet, Travel Writer; wrote Novel "Treasure Island." | Robert Louis Stevenson |
| This author pioneered in picturing the lives of lower-class and middle-class New Yorkers, was a Short Story Writer; wrote "The Gift of the Magi." | O. Henry |
| This author was a Scotland-born writer who remains known above all for a single work for children, "The Wind in the Willows." | Kenneth Grahame |
| This author was an Ancient Greek fabulist and story teller, credited with a number of fables, who was famous for quote: "Birds of a feather flock together." | Aesop |
| This author was a Harvard Scholar, Novelist, and Poet; highly influenced by Romanticism, a fellow student of Nathaniel Hawthorne; known for his translation of Dante's "The Divine Comedy." | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
| This author helped found the Romantic movement in English Literature; wrote "Lyrical Ballads." | William Wordsworth |
| This author overcame the adversity of being blind and deaf; befriended Mark Twain who agreed to pay her tuition to Radcliffe College; Educator, Activist, Writer; teacher Anne Sullivan found when mom read Dickens "American Notes" | Hellen Keller |
| This author was a reclusive American poet; known for unusual use of form and syntax; poems discovered and recognized after death. | Emily Dickinson |
| This author had a Puritan legacy; allegory and symbolism; Voracious appetite for reading led him to become a writer; knew Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. | Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| This author was an English philosopher and statesman; pioneer of modern scientific thought. | Francis Bacon |
| This author was a Writer, Poet, Critic, and Editor; modern detective stories; captured the imagination; struggled living in poverty; cut throat critic. | Edgar Allan Poe |
| This author wrote "Common Sense"- a strong defense of American Independence from England. | Thomas Paine |
| This author was the greatest orator of the late Roman Republic; leading political figure of the era of Julius Caesar; contributed to the Renaissance and Enlightenment of Classical rhetoric and philosophy. | Marcus Tullius Cicero |
| This author was a Nobel Prize Winner; one of the great American 20th century novelists; wrote "A Farewell to Arms" and "The Old Man and the Sea"; served as an ambulance driver in Italian Army in World War I: awarded Italian Silver Medal of Bravery | Ernest Hemingway |
| This author was often called the English national poet; considered the greatest dramatist of all time; Poet, Actor, and Playwright; wrote "Romeo and Juliet." | William Shakespeare |
| This author was an adventurer and an Intellectual; real name Samuel Langhorne Clemens; wrote "Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and " Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"; explored the American soul with wit, buoyance, and a sharp eye for truth. | Mark Twain |
| Athiest | A Godless Person |
| Envy | A feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone's possession of quality |
| Sincere | Honest and genuine |
| Apollyon | Greek "Destroyer" and Hebrew "Angel of Death" |
| Despair | Hopelessness |
| Flatterer | One who shows praise upon another to ingratiate oneself to them |
| Diffidence | State or quality of being distrustful or unduly timid |
| Ignorance | Lack of knowledge or information |
| Presumption | Over-confidence or shameful boldness |
| Mendicancy | The condition of being a beggar |
| Parsimony | To have extreme unwillingness to spend money or resources |
| Appertaining | Concerning |
| Persuasive Essay Definition | A composition of related paragraphs in which the author tries to convince the readers to believe his/ her viewpoint. |
| Expository Essay Definition | A composition of related paragraphs that informs the reader about a meaningful subject. |
| Thesis Statement Definition | A statement that identifies the main focus and purpose of a written work. |
| Five Requirements for an Adequate Paragraph (answers on last two slides) | 1 It must contain a topic sentence 2 The paragraph should contain at least 5 or more sentences 3The first line of each paragraph should be indented |
| 4 The middle sentences should number at least 3 and must prove or support the topic sentence. 5 The last sentence, called a concluding sentence should restate the topic sentence |
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