Literary Focus: Early American

Which of the following is considered one of the earliest forms of American literature?

• Science fiction novels

• Slave narratives

• Romantic poetry

• Modernist plays

What is a common theme found in early American literature?

• Space exploration

• The supernatural

• Religious freedom

• Urban life

Which genre of early American literature often included moral lessons and practical advice?

• Gothic fiction

• Epistolary novels

• Puritan sermons

• Autobiographies

The Enlightenment was a movement away from religious ideology to the use of

• expression of emotion in learning.

• reason in all intellectual life.

• arts and creativity in expression.

• realism and the harshness of nature.

Which of the following best describes the narrative style of early American autobiographies?

• Stream of consciousness

• Nonlinear storytelling

• First-person, factual recounting

• Episodic with multiple viewpoints

The use of plain style writing, focused on clarity and accessibility, is most associated with which group of early American writers?

• The Transcendentalists

• The Puritans and Separatists

• The Beat Generation

• The Harlem Renaissance poets

Which form of literature was commonly used by early American writers to explore and criticize society?

• Satire

• Epic poetry

• Science fiction

• Mystery novels

Religious ideas moved away from seeing the human nature as set and predestined to a more personal approach to faith for all--men, women, and different races alike in what movement?

• Transcendentalism

• Enlightenment

• Great Awakening

• Colonization

Three of the major characteristics of early American Literature are:

• documentation of experiences in a new world in the form of essays, diaries, letters, and books.

• Narrative poems

• Persuasive writing in the form of pamphlets, letters, and essays.

• imaginative pieces of fiction in the form of short stories and novels.

The captivity narrative, a popular form in early American literature, typically includes which of the following elements?

• Space travel and alien encounters

• Accounts of being held captive by Native Americans

• Tales of swashbuckling pirates

• Stories of time travel