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American Lit Overall
Here is an overview of questions that will be throughout the exam
Question | Answer |
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Refers to the use of primitive, medieval, wild, or mysterious elements in literature. Elements offended eighteenth-century classical writers but appealed to Romantic writers | Gothic Literature |
Grotesque characters | Refers to the use of bizarre, absurd, or fantastic elements in literature. Characterized by distortions or striking incongruities. |
figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else, a comparison between the two things that are identified | Metaphor |
figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two subjects using either like or as | Simile |
Anything that stands for or represents something else | Symbol |
MAN THE FLYING SAUCERS are words used in which story? | Where are you Going, Where have you Been? |
Writing that ridicules or criticizes individuals, ideas, institutions, social conventions, or other works of art or literature. | Satire |
Stream-of-consciousness | narrative technique that presents thoughts as if they were coming directly from a character's mind instead of being arranged in chronological order |
Ex: Story that uses stream-of-consciousness? | The Jilting of Granny Weatherall |