American Literature

The era in which Modernism took place is marked by two significant historical events:

• The Dust Bowl, World War 2
• The Depression, Vietnam War
• The Civil War, Prohibition
• The Depression, World War 1

The American Literature Modernist movement occurred approximately between_________________.  

• 1810-1840
• 1310-1340
• 1910-1945
• 1910-2000

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The Modernists agreed with the traditional American Dream.

• True
• False

A unique writing style, new to the Modernists, involves the moment-by-moment flow of a character's thoughts, feelings, and observations. It is called...

• train of thought
• subconscious writing
• flow writing
• stream-of-consciousness

Modernist writers like Fitzgerald revolutionized the way in which people thought about

• the stock market
• the Great depression
• war in Europe
• American dream

The writers of the Harlem Renaissance were primarily _____________________.

• Japanese American
• Irish Amarican
• Italian American
• African American

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Who wrote “The Sun Also Rises”?

• John Dos Passos

• Ernest Hemingway

• Virginia Woolf

Giving human characteristics to objects and phenomena.

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• hyperbole

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Which of these literary trends or movements was most strongly influenced by nature?

• Romanticism

• Regionalism

• Transcendentalism

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What is irony?

• a literary device to make the plot more predictable

• A literary device to surprise the reader with an unexpected twist

• a literary device to make the description of the story more vivid

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