American Literary Periods

Which of the following authors became famous for his horror writing during the Romantic period?

• Walt Whitman

• Edgar Allen Poe

• Kurt Vonnegut

• Thomas Jefferson

Religious writing was characteristic of which of the following time periods?

• Revolutionary

• Colonial

• Modernism

• Realism

This author was prominent in the Revolutionary period for his persuasive writing.

• Jack London

• Thomas Paine

• Nathaniel Hawthorne

• Edgar Allen Poe

Which of the following periods showed a break from tradition and included strong use of symbols?

• Harlem Renaissance

• Naturalism

• Romanticism

• Modernism

Urban life and African-American culture were focuses of which time period?

• Harlem Renaissance

• Colonial

• Modernism

• Naturalism

Which of the following authors became popular during the Harlem Renaissance?

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• F. Scott Fitzgerald

• Anne Bradstreet

• Langston Hughes

Poems, journals, and letters are genres that were common in which period?

• Harlem Renaissance

• Colonial

• Realist

• Revolutionary

The Romantic period introduced an emphasis on ________________________________________

• guilt and sin.

• emotions, personality, and imagination.

• independence and self-sufficiency

• simple language and ordinary people

What are the FIVE American Literary Periods?

• The Colonial Period

• The Romantic Period

• The Realism and Naturalism Period

• The Modernist Period

• The Contemporary Period

Which American literary period is known for its focus on nature and individualism?

• Colonial Period

• Romantic Period

• Modernist Period

• Realist Period