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American Literature

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show Washington Irving  
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show Washington Irving  
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show 20 years  
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show Rip Van Winkle  
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Who is known for his tales of mystery and horror, who introduced the detective story, and greatly influenced the American short story story?   show
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show Edgar Allan Poe  
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show Edgar Allan Poe  
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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."   show
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show The Pit and the Pendulum  
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Who wrote stories which are famous for their surprise endings and use of dialect?   show
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What was Soapy's desired destination in "The Cop and the Anthem"   show
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What are some ways that Soapy tried to get arrested?   show
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show Sarah Orne Jewett  
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In which story did two elderly sisters have to leave their home after their father died?   show
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show "The Cop and the Anthem"  
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show Stephen Crane  
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show The Open Boat  
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What story did this quote come from:""None of them knew the color of the sky"   show
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short story   show
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show the events in a story  
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show those who make the plot happen  
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theme   show
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setting   show
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tone (mood)   show
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point of view   show
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omniscient point of view   show
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show when the author presents characters in action without comment  
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irony   show
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show saying the opposite of what is meant  
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show contrasting what a character says and what a reader knows to be true  
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limited point of view   show
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show satire  
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