College 11 Realism Unit Review
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In which type of third person point of view, the narrator reveals the thoughts of a single character?
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limited third person
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What term suggests the environment, heredity, and chance, or forces that people can neither understand nor control, determine people's fate?
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Naturalism
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What is tone?
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It reflects the author's attitude toward the subject, characters, or audience.
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What is mood?
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The way the author wants the reader to feel toward the subject, characters, or audience
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What is the vantage point from which the story is told?
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Point of view
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In which type of point of view is the narrator is an objective observer?
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Omniscient third person
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What is the literary movement that places a premium on imagination, emotion, nature, and individuality? It is also characterized by ideals and exaggerations.
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romanticism
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A person's written account of his or her own life is known as what?
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an autobiography
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This technique of narration captures the chaotic nature of the human thought process by jumping from one idea to another without transition.
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stream-of-consciousess
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What is the proper time sequence of a story known as?
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chronological order
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Name the literary work this person/character is from: Peyton Farquaar
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
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What was Robert E. Lee's position on fighting in the Civil War?
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He did not want to fight, but he would support his people in Virginia. He hoped the war would not happen and if it did it would end quickly.
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In \"The Yellow Wallpaper\", why does the main character go to the house in the summer?
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She needed to recover from a nervous condition, according to her husband (and doctor)
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What does the main character of \"The Yellow Wallpaper\" believe she sees behind the wallpaper?
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A woman
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List some characteristics of the 19th century man.
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powerful, active, brave, worldly, logical, rational, individual, independent, able to resist temptation, tainted, ambitious, sensual/sexual, active in the public sphere
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List some characteristics of the 19th century woman.
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weak, passive, timid, domestic, illogical, emotional, susceptible to madness/hysteria, social/familal, unable to resist temptation, pure, content, not sexual/sensual, active in the private sphere
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What did Charlotte Perkins Gillman have in common with her main character in \"The Yellow Wallpaper?
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They were both being trated for nervous conditions in isolation, and both did not think the treatment would work
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In \"The Story of an Hour\" what happened to the main character's husband at the beginning of the story?
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He was killed
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What was the reaction of the main character in \"The Story of an Hour\"?
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She was relieved he was dead
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What side of the Civil War was Stonewall Jackson fighting for?
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Confederate
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Who was benevolent in the Frederick Douglass story?
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His owner's wife
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In \"Reaction to the Emancipation Proclamation\", what do people do when they see the reverend running down the street?
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They cheer
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In \"An Account of an Experience with Discrimination\", what does Josephine S. Griffing do to help her friend?
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She stopped the streetcar that was dragging Sojourner Truth, reported the conductor to the city railway, and advised Truth to take the number of the streetcar whenever she was mistreated by a conductor or driver
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Name two different of the causes of the Civil War.
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Differences in economic stability between the North and South; Slavery; Differences in economic work needs (factory in north v. plantations in south)
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What makes the reaction of the main character in \"The Story of an Hour\" to her husband's death an example of situational irony?
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One would think someone would be sad over her spouse being killed
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What type of irony happens at the end of \"The Story of an Hour\"? Explain why.
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Situational irony; Her husband is really alive and walks in the door; the main character dies of a heart attack.
