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The repetition of initial consonant sounds

The repetition of initial consonant sounds

What is an alliteration?

What is an alliteration?

The main idea or message in a story

The main idea or message in a story

What is a theme?

What is a theme?

Person or thing in conflict with the main character

Person or thing in conflict with the main character

What is an antagonist?

What is an antagonist?

A difference between how something appears to be and how it really is

A difference between how something appears to be and how it really is

What is irony?

What is irony?

Giving an inanimate object human characteristics

Giving an inanimate object human characteristics

What is personification?

What is personification?

Anne Bradstreet

Anne Bradstreet

Who is America’s first female poet?

Who is America’s first female poet?

Mary Rowlandson

Mary Rowlandson

Who is Puritan wife who wrote Captivity Narratives after she was kidnapped?

Who is Puritan wife who wrote Captivity Narratives after she was kidnapped?

Olaudah Equiano, Frederick Douglass, and Mary Rowlandson

Olaudah Equiano, Frederick Douglass, and Mary Rowlandson

Who wrote Captivity Narratives?

Who wrote Captivity Narratives?

Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry

Who was speaker during American Revolution? “…Give me liberty or give me death!”

Who was speaker during American Revolution? “…Give me liberty or give me death!”

Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine

Who is author of “Common Sense”?

Who is author of “Common Sense”?

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Who is the leader of the transcendental movement?

Who is the leader of the transcendental movement?

Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau

Who refused to pay taxes and spent one night in jail?

Who refused to pay taxes and spent one night in jail?

Plain style Writing

Plain style Writing

Who are the Puritans?

Who are the Puritans?

Author of Poor Richard’s Almanack

Author of Poor Richard’s Almanack

Who is Benjamin Franklin?

Who is Benjamin Franklin?

Queen of Slant Rhyme

Queen of Slant Rhyme

Who is Emily Dickinson?

Who is Emily Dickinson?

Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne

Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne

Who are Dark Romantics?

Who are Dark Romantics?

He wrote “I Hear America Singing”

He wrote “I Hear America Singing”

Who is Walt Whitman?

Who is Walt Whitman?

Vernacular

Vernacular

What is the way people speak in a particular region?

What is the way people speak in a particular region?

A novel that takes the form of letters

A novel that takes the form of letters

What is epistolary novel?

What is epistolary novel?

When the story is told in chronological order

When the story is told in chronological order

What is linear narrative?

What is linear narrative?

A story that starts in the middle and is told using flashback

A story that starts in the middle and is told using flashback

What is medias res?

What is medias res?

An extreme form of realism that states that humans do not have free will

An extreme form of realism that states that humans do not have free will and heredity determines people destiny

What is naturalism?

What is naturalism?

A belief that every human has an inner light that guides them to individual

A belief that every human has an inner light that guides them to individual truth

What is transcendentalism?

What is transcendentalism?

The Puritan strain of thought was most important during this time

The Puritan strain of thought was most important during this time

What is the 17 th century?

What is the 17 th century?

A time when Americans embarked on an era of expansions and profits

A time when Americans embarked on an era of expansions and profits

What is The Roaring Twenties?

What is The Roaring Twenties?

Mark Twain

Mark Twain

Who is the realist writer who introduced vernacular?

Who is the realist writer who introduced vernacular?