Adv. Am. Literature-Final Review Periods 3, 4, & 9

Terms Realism: Tells the real story, talks like a reporter, no sugar coating, shares the dirty details Naturalism: nature is powerful and a means to escape reality, death is inevitable Disillusionment: American dream, reality may not always match dream Age of Anxiety: the world now has the capacity to destroy itself, therefore, there is a sense of anxiety and a need to escape reality Dialect: language used from a particular geographic region Satire: the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and critic people’s stupidity or vices Picaresque novel: genre of fiction that depicts the adventures of a roguish hero/heroine of low social class who lives by her/his wits in a corrupt society

Terms Continued Juxtaposition: the putting together of two things that contrast Epitaph: the words left on a tombstone which describe that person Hedonism: a deal of importance put on the idea of indulging oneself in materialistic things Epicureanism: a deal of importance put on the idea of a quest for knowledge Diction: the choice and use of words and phrases in writing Conflict man vs. man man vs. nature man vs. self

Novels The Three Texts The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Great Gatsby Catcher in the Rye What to Know Plot Lines, Symbols, Important Quotes, Take-a-ways USE TO STUDY: Question Packets

Short Stories The Two Short Stories “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” “To Build a Fire” What to Know Plot, Symbols, Take-a-ways USE TO STUDY: Notes

Poems The Six Poems “We Wear the Mask” “Douglass” “Luke Havergal” “Richard Cory” “Lucinda Matlock” “Richard Bone” What to Know Plot, Symbols, Take-a-ways USE TO STUDY: Notes

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