American Literature Review

How do you make sense of what you're reading?

What are some types of Literary Criticism?

What is the definition of Narrative?

What is a Protagonist?

What is an Antagonist?

Aristotle created the basic triangle shaped plot structure with a beginning, middle and end structure for a story to move along in a linear path. How did Freytag modify Aristotle's system?

What is repetition in literacy?

What is metaphor?

What is Concrete Detail in poetry?

What is Drama?

What is a Soliloquy?

Who is the author of
"The Road Not Taken"?

A. Edgar Allen Poe
B. Robert Frost
C. Edith Wharton
D. Ernest Hemingway

What does a reader examine when he/she deconstructs a poem?

True or False?

Zora Neale Hurston and Langston
Hughes were full fledged members of the Harlem Renaissance, partaking in the
writing, publishing and socializing of the period.

After what event did African Americans abandoned the South for the job prospects and relative freedoms in large northern cities, such as Chicago, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Detroit, Harlem and New York?

True or False?

The Harlem Renaissance was an cultural change that only happened in Harlem.

Who is the Protagonist in Sleepy Hollow?

A. Headless Horseman
B. Edgar Allan Poe
C. Ichabod Crane
D. Brom Van Brunt

What are the different types of Linear Plots?

Which author was hailed as the greatest writer of American literature, a hero of several wars, a world-class sportsman in the fields of bullfighting, boxing, hunting, and fishing, and a connoisseur of food, wine, writing, and painting.

Which author wrote the
"The Great Gatsby"?

A. John Steinbeck
B. William Faulkner
C. Ernest Hemingway
D. F. Scott Fitzgerald