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| America's first great poet of nature; he wrote "Thanatopsis" |
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America's first novelist; he wrote
The Deerslayer
"A Rescue" |
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| Used themes of sin and guilt; he wrote The Scarlet Letter |
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| The author of America's only epic Moby Dick |
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| America's first internationally famous writer; he invented the short story |
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| The most outstanding hymnwriter of the 19th century |
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| Author of the Uncle Remus stories |
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| Was converted while studying the Bible for his novel Ben-Hur |
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| Introduced the detective story, set down the guidelines for the short story |
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| They were known as "The Muckrakers" |
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| Group of journalists and novelists who shared the naturalistic belief that people are victims of their environment |
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| They were known as "The Fireside Poets" |
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| Wrote poems people read with family and friends in homes, schools, etc. |
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| Baseball player/preacher who preached "Nuts for Skeptics to Crack" |
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| America's most popular composer of folk songs |
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Name the author who wrote
The Battle of the Kegs |
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Name the author who wrote
My Father's Prayer |
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Name the author who wrote
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God |
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Name the author who wrote
We Wear the Mask |
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Name the author who wrote
The Author to Her Book |
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Name the author who wrote
Concord Hymn |
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Name the author who wrote
On Being Brought from Africa to America |
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Name the author who wrote
Paul Revere's Ride |
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| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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Name the author who wrote
Song of the Chattahoochee |
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Name the author who wrote
Liberty and Union |
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Name the author who wrote
A World Split Apart |
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Name the author who wrote
Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightening |
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Name the author who wrote
Philadelphia Childhood |
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Name the author who wrote
O Captain! My Captain! |
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Name the author who wrote
The Pedestrian |
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Name the author who wrote
The Mule |
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Name the author who wrote
When the Frost Is on the Punkin' |
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Name the author who wrote
The Thread that Runs So True |
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| initial sounds are the same |
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| internal vowel sounds are the same |
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| ending consonant sounds are the same |
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| Regional language used by writers for realism |
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| implied comparison; one thing described in terms of another |
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| human qualities given to inanimate/unhuman object |
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| artful use of language by speakers to persuade (parallel phrases, rhetorical questions, figures of speech) |
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| implied comparison; uses "like" or "as" (or other words such as "resembles" or "similar") |
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| compact statement expressing a truth |
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| attitude of author toward the subject |
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| something with meaning in itself but represents something greater |
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| Review the characters and plot of The Scarlet Letter. |
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| Review the characters of the following |
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Know about the characters in
The Great Carbuncle |
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Matthew
Hannah, the Seeker |
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Know about the characters in
Experiences of the A.C. |
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Know about the characters in
Hiawatha's Wooing |
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Know about the characters in
Notorious Jumping Frog |
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Know about the characters in
Cabbages Is Beautiful |
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Know about the characters in
The Hoosier School-Master |
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Know about the characters in
The Unerring Instinct |
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Belinda Watson
Leonora Thorpe |
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Know about the characters in
Mission Accomplished |
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Know about the characters in
Ben-Hur |
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Judah Ben-Hur
Simonides
Massala
Malluch |
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Know about the characters in
The Thread that Runs So True |
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Know about the characters in
Spoon River Anthology
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