Abeka American Literature Test 2 Grade 11 – Flashcards
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introduced the detective story
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Edgar Allen Poe
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used the surprise ending
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O. Henry
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wrote "Town Poor"
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Sarah Orne Jewett
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a correspondent who wrote about his shipwreck in "The Open Boat"
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Stephen Crane
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well-known novelist and playwright who wrote "The Unerring Instinct"
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Thornton Wilder
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first American short story writer
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Washington Irving
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What is the ridicule of human folly with the purpose of correcting it?
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satire
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What is the attitude of the narrator toward his subject or audience?
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tone (or mood)
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What is the perspective from which a story is told?
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point of view
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In "The Open Boat" who ironically dies at the end?
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the oiler (Billie)
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What author had the pen name O. Henry"
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William Sidney Porter
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a husband and wife take precautions against a storm
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"Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightning"
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a man sleeps for twenty years
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"Rip Van Winkle"
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a woman plays a practical joke on her sister-in-law
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"The Unerring Instinct"
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rats chew off a prisoners ropes
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"The Pit and the Pendulum"
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two elderly sisters are forced to leave their home.
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"The Town Poor"
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a man tries to get arrested for the winter
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"The Cop and the Anthem"
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saying the opposite of what is meant
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verbal irony
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author presenting characters without comment
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objective point of view
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all-knowing author as narrator
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omniscient point of view
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the event and occurrence of a story
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plot
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time, place, and background of a story
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setting
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meaning of a story
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theme
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" A nice Smith is still a Smith. You keep your eyes open dear,--you'll see."
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"The Unerring Instinct"
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"no considerations of Mediterranean cruises. . . . Three months on the Island was what his soul craved."
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"The Cop and the anthem"
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"a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharped tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use."
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Rip Van Winkle
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"It was hope that prompted the heart to quiver--the frame to shrink."
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"The Pit and the Pendulum"
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I wish to my heart 't was to-morrow mornin' a'ready, an' I a-startin for the secl'men."
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"The Town Poor"
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"from the hour when two mortals had shown themselves so simply wise. . . , its splendor waned."
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"The Great Carbuncle"
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"the wind brought the sound of the great sea's voice to the men on the shore, and they felt that they could then be interpreters."
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"The Open Boat"
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Discuss the theme of "The Great Carbuncle." Include the author and three characters who were seeking the Great Carbuncle (married couples count as one character), their motivation for searching for the gem, and the characters' outcome.
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THE AUTHOR: Nathaniel Hawthorne THE THEME: motivation reveals true character. Seeker- for the pursuit- died Doctor Cacaphodel- for analysis- found and analyzed granite instead Master Icabod Pigsnort- for prophet- gave up the search and was held for ransom Cynic- to disprove it- blindness Poet- to gaze at and write about- wrote about ice Lord Dever- to put in his castle- returned home with no gem Matthew and Hannah- for light in their house- found gem, left it, and returned home without it.
