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Worksheetsamerican lit review
Total questions: 68
Worksheet time: 55mins
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of_______.
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Simile
Metaphor
A prolific Puritan Writer was
Anne Bradstreet
Captain John Smith
Jonathan Edwards
Benjamin Franklin
What were recurrent themes of Puritan Literature (choose 2)
Salvation
Independence
Self-reliance
Danmation
Literature of the Revolutionary period came in all of the following forms except:
poems
essays
newspapers
pamphlets
In American literature, the revolutionary period or Enlightenment is also referred to as
(This is a common sense question, c'mon)
Civil War
Age of Reason
Colonial Period
Great Depression
This author was prominent in the Revolutionary period for his persuasive writing in works like "Common Sense".
Anne Bradstreet
Thomas Paine
Christopher Columbus
Jonathan Edwards
Based on oral tradition of stories, fables, tales, myths, and chants. Elements of nature are the most common feature. Most stories include a hero on a quest, a trickster who interferes, a change in nature, and an element of creation.
Written by the immigrants who left Europe to find religious freedom. Includes the rules and fears of sin and hell that characterized their society. Consists of sermons, poetry, diaries, and stories that teach a moral. Authors include Anne Bradstreet, Edward Taylor, and Johnathan Edwards.
Also known as Rationalism, Classicism, and The Age of Reason. Consists of political and philosophical writings about reason and common sense. Authors include Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry, and Phillis Wheatley.
Coinciding with the European movement, it rebelled against Classicism, and focused on individualism, idealism, imagination, and nature. Settings were often in distant times or places but illustrated American ideals. Authors include Edgar Allen Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, James Fenimore Cooper, Washington Irving, and Herman Melville. It contains the largest body of work studied most often in school.
A literary device commonly used in Early Native American Literature was ......................
poems
legend
symbolism
allegory
From “How the World Was Made”, which animal is responsible for creating the land?
The crawfish
The buzzard
The turtle
The water beetle
A comparison that uses "like" or "as"
simile
metaphor
oxymoron
personification
Giving non-human objects human like characteristics
personification
metaphor
simile
oxymoron
Then shuts the door;
On her divine majority
Obtrude no more.
valued feeling, intuition, imagination and supernatural
romanticism
colonialism
rationalism
Puritanism
comprised philosophers, scientists
Native American Literature
Age of Reason/Enlightenment
Colonialism
Transcendentalism
A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions
thesis
anecdote
sermon
allegory
was influenced by religion. They wrote sermons, diaries...
Romanticism
Age of Reason
Colonialism/Puritanism
Transcendentalism
Which sentence shows parallelism?
Riding bikes, reading books, and cooking meals are my hobbies.
To ride bikes, cooking, and reading are my hobbies.
Biking, to cook, and to read are my hobbies.
My hobbies are to cook, to bike, and reading books by American authors.
Setting is defined as the _______, ______ and ______ of the story.
tone, time and place
time, environment and place
tone, place and plot
time, environment and plot
Brandon leaned back in his chair during the lecture. He was bored with the classes discussion of rock formations.
List the plot elements in the correct order
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
Exposition, Rising Action, Falling Action, Climax, Resolution
Exposition, Falling Action, Climax, Rising Action, Resolution
Climax, Exposition, Falling Action, Resolution, Rising Action
Which word best fits the definition?
"a reference to a familiar literary or historical person or event, used to make an idea more easily
understood"
Acronym
Allusion
Assonance
Simile
Which word best fits the definition?
"the writer's attitude toward the topic or subject"
tone
style
mood
diction
BONUS! Which of the following are Puritan values? Select all that apply.
grace
piety
industry
courage
independence
Identify the metaphor
My heart was a bucket full of joy with all the kind words.
My heart is a muscle that moves blood.
My heart is like a hand pump pushing blood all throughout my body.
My heart is like a muscle working hard to keep me alive.
"I'm sure one of my socks was hiding from me" is an example of:
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
simile
personification
What is the definition of foreshadow?
Giving a hint of what will happen later
Referring to something that happened before
Offering contrast to a point of view
Criticizing the way something is written
What is the definition of protagonist?
The character the reader follows throughout the text
The character that works against the main character
The character that supports the main character
The characters that are never fully developed
The deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect is known as
Anaphora
Anecdote
Alliteration
Antimetabole
“Every day, every night, in every way, I am getting better and better,” is an example of...
Assonance
Anaphora
Colloquialism
Hyperbole
What do these phrases have in common?
Add insult to injury
All ears
As easy as pie
At the drop of a hat
Back to the drawing board
They are all idioms
They are all hyperbole
They are all metaphors
They are all connotations
This literary device depicts specific events that happened before.
Flashback
Imagery
Foreshadowing
Analogy
