11th Grade Literature Final Study Guide

These flashcards cover key concepts and authors from the American Literature final study guide, helping to prepare for the exam.

Who was probably the most popular midwestern poet of the late nineteenth century?

James Whitcomb Riley.

What story by Harte reflects his experiences as a newspaperman in California during the 1860s?

The Boom in the Calaveras Clarion.

Who wrote 'Freedom: Our Most Precious National Treasure'?

James B. Stockdale.

What does the title 'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge' suggest about the events in the story?

The events seem minor but are of utmost importance.

Which poet is known for writing about death and family suffering greatly related to it?

Emily Dickinson.

Who is considered America's most popular modern poet known for regional yet universal themes?

Robert Frost.

Which writer published at least twelve hundred short stories, reviews, and essays?

William Dean Howells.

In which story does Garland explore the plight of a Civil War veteran returning to his farm?

The Return of a Private.

Who is the author of 'The Most Dangerous Game'?

Richard Connell.

Which poet's works are more familiar to Christians than those of more established American writers?

Fanny Crosby.

What is a brief tale with a moral point often featuring nonhuman characters?

A fable.

What term refers to a regular recurrence of stressed syllables in speech or writing?

Rhythm.

What is a lyric poem of fourteen iambic pentameter lines called?

Sonnet.

What is the term for a short, simple narrative song?

Ballad.

What does the title 'Credo' mean in English?

I believe.

Who was an individualist that was also a painter, poet, novelist, and playwright?

E. E. Cummings.

Which work by Bradbury gives a fictional account of the colonization of Mars?

The Martian Chronicles.

Who began his writing career in high school and founded the quarterly 'Futura Fantasia'?

Ray Bradbury.

Who was an important twentieth-century literary critic and poet associated with the Fugitives?

John Crowe Ransom.

Who had a diverse education, earning degrees from Yale and Princeton and studying in the Orient and Rome?

Edna St. Vincent Millay.