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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. QUESTIONS?