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Test 2 short stories
American Literature
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was the first American short story writer who became famous throughout the world? | Washington Irving |
| Who wrote "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legends of Sleepy Hollow"? | Washington Irving |
| How long did Rip Van Winkle sleep? | 20 years |
| Which short story did this quote come from: "Morning, noon, and night, her tongue was incessantly going, and everything he said or did was sure to produce a torrent of household eloquence." | Rip Van Winkle |
| Who is known for his tales of mystery and horror, who introduced the detective story, and greatly influenced the American short story story? | Edgar Allan Poe |
| Who wrote the "Pit and the Pendulum", "The Tell-Tale Heart," ? | Edgar Allan Poe |
| What poet was noted for his extremely melodic and eerie quality of his poetry? | Edgar Allan Poe |
| What story did this quote come from: "My chin rested upon the floor of the prison, but my lips and the upper portion of my head. . . touched nothing." | The Pit and the Pendulum |
| in which story did rats chew off a prisoners ropes | The Pit and the Pendulum |
| Who wrote stories which are famous for their surprise endings and use of dialect? | O.Henry |
| What was Soapy's desired destination in "The Cop and the Anthem" | he wanted to get arrested so he could spend the winter on Blackwell's Island, a workhouse |
| What are some ways that Soapy tried to get arrested? | broke a window, ate a meal without paying, flirted with a woman, displayed disorderly conduct and sole an umbrella |
| What short story writer from Maine was known for her beautiful descriptions of the life an countryside of 19th century New England | Sarah Orne Jewett |
| In which story did two elderly sisters have to leave their home after their father died? | The Town Poor |
| What story did this quote come from: "There were no considerations of Mediterranean cruises, of soporific Southern skies or drifting int eh Vesuvian Bay. Three months on the Island was what his soul craved." | "The Cop and the Anthem" |
| Who wrote about his shipwreck in "The Open Boat" | Stephen Crane |
| In which story did four men get shipwrecked and have to row to shore | The Open Boat |
| What story did this quote come from:""None of them knew the color of the sky" | The Open Boat |
| short story | an imaginative prose narrative written to give the reader entertainment and insight |
| plot | the events in a story |
| characters | those who make the plot happen |
| theme | the meaning of the story |
| setting | time, place, and general background of a story |
| tone (mood) | the attitude or emotion of the author or narrator toward his subject or audience |
| point of view | the the perspective from which a story is told |
| omniscient point of view | an all knowing author is the narrator |
| objective point of view | when the author presents characters in action without comment |
| irony | when the meaning of the words are direct opposite of their usual sense |
| verbal irony | saying the opposite of what is meant |
| dramatic irony | contrasting what a character says and what a reader knows to be true |
| limited point of view | when the author tells the story from the viewpoint of one character using first or third person |
| the ridicule of human folly with the purpose of correcting it | satire |
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