American Literature II Final Exam with correct answers 2024
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Local Color correct answers is the use in a literary work of characters and details unique to a particular geographic area.
Dialect correct answers is a literary term which describes a particular way of speaking in which the member of a community, often regional or class based, expresses himse...
Local Color correct answers is the use in a literary work of characters and details
unique to a particular geographic area.
Dialect correct answers is a literary term which describes a particular way of speaking
in which the member of a community, often regional or class based, expresses himself.
A dialect is the form of a language spoken by people in a particular region or group.
Writers often use dialect to make their characters seem realistic and to create local
color.
Imagery correct answers consists of descriptive language that can function as a way for
the reader to better imagine the world of the piece of literature and also add symbolism
to the work. Imagery draws on the five senses, namely the details of taste, touch, sight,
smell, and sound.
Character correct answers A character is a person, or sometimes even an animal, who
takes part in the action of a short story or other literary work.
Setting correct answers The setting of a short story is the time and place in which it
happens. Authors often use descriptions of landscape, scenery, buildings, seasons or
weather to provide a strong sense of setting.
Plot correct answers A plot is a series of events and character actions that relate to the
central conflict.
Conflict correct answers The conflict is a struggle between two people or things in a
short story. The main character is usually on one side of the central conflict.
On the other side, the main character may struggle against another important character,
against the forces of nature, against society, or even against something inside himself
or herself (feelings, emotions, illness).
Theme correct answers The theme is the central idea or belief in a short story.
Irony correct answers Irony is a figure of speech (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site. in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is
different from the actual meaning of the words. It may also be a situation that may end
up in quite a different way than what is generally anticipated. In simple words, it is a
difference between the appearance and the reality.
Verbal Irony correct answers The use of words to mean something different than what
they appear to mean.
,Situational Irony correct answers The difference between what is expected to happen
and what actually happens.
Dramatic Irony correct answers When the audience is more aware of what is
happening than a character.
Drama correct answers Drama is a mode of fictional representation through dialogue
(Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and performance. It is one of the
literary genres, which is an imitation of some action. Drama is also a type of a play
written for theaters, televisions, radios and films.
Point of View correct answers the position of the narrator in relation to the story, as
indicated by the narrator's outlook from which the events are depicted and by the
attitude toward the characters.
First Person Limited correct answers a story is told through the eyes of the narrator.
The narrator, then, uses "I" to identify himself throughout the story.
Third Person Limited correct answers narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of
one character. All characters are described using pronouns, such as 'they', 'he', and
'she'.
Multiculturalism correct answers a term that refers to the culture of the United States,
one composed of many various ethnicities. America has been called a "melting pot"
implying that the American culture derived from the blending of immigrants of many
origins.
Dynamic Character correct answers undergoes a major transition in one or more of
these ways (change in character, personality or perspective).
Static Character correct answers one who doesn't undergo any significant change in
character, personality or perspective over the course of a story.
Characterization correct answers Characterization is the act of creating and describing
characters in literature.
Direct Characterization correct answers as explicit characterization, consists of the
author telling the audience what a character is like.
Indirect Characterization correct answers consists of the author showing the audience
what kind of person a character is through the character's thoughts, words, and deeds.
Mark Twain correct answers "A True Story Word For Word As I Heard It"
Ambrose Bierce correct answers "Chickamagua"
, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman correct answers "The Revolt of Mother"
Hamlet Garland correct answers "Under The Lion's Paw"
Edith Wharton correct answers "Roman Fever"
Theodore Dreiser correct answers "The Second Choice"
Kate Chopin correct answers "The Story Of An Hour"
O' Henry correct answers "The Cop and The Anthem"
"The Count and The Wedding"
Charolette Perkins Gilman correct answers "The Yellow Wallpaper"
Ernest Hemingway correct answers "The Short, Happy Life of Francis McComber"
T.S. Elliot correct answers "The Hollow Men"
"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
F. Scott Fitzgerald correct answers "Babylon Revisited"
Eugene O'Neil correct answers "The Hairy Ape"
William Faulkner correct answers "Barn Burning"
"That Evening Sun"
Carl Sandburg correct answers "Chicago"
Robert Frost correct answers "Mending Wall"
"The Death of A Hired Man"
"The Road Not Taken"
"Birches"
Flannery O'Conner correct answers "Enoch and The Gorilla"
John Steinback correct answers "Johnny Bear"
Raymond Carver correct answers "A Small, Good Thing"
Leslie Marmon Silko correct answers "The Man To Send Rainclouds"
Amy Tan correct answers "Half and Half"
Edwidge Danticat correct answers "Seven"
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