English III Semester EXAM Review

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What is Early American Literature?

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A broad term that encompasses the cultures and literatures of the Americas from the colonial period through the early national period of the United States

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What does folk literature include?

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Folk tales, myths, fables, and legends passed orally from generation to generation

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What is a fable typically characterized by?

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Short stories with animals as characters, conveying a moral

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What are archetypes?

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Characters, situations, or actions that represent universal examples of human nature

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What is the theme of a story?

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The central idea, topic, or point of a story, essay, or narrative

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What is the plot in a narrative or creative writing?

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The sequence of events that make up a story, whether it’s told, written, filmed, or sung

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What is the purpose of a resolution in a story?

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To resolve remaining issues and end the story

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What does a flashback do in a narrative?

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Moves the audience from the present to a scene in the past

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What is a flash-forward in literature?

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A short scene that jumps ahead to the future of the narrative

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Which of the following is NOT one of the three main verb tenses? Past, Present, Future, Conditional

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Conditional