AMERICAN LITERATURE PROJECT

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AMERICAN LITERATUREPROJECT

• YOUR NAME

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The American DreamThe Beginning Puritans
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The American Dream150 Years Later American
Revolution
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The American Dream200 Years Later A New
Beginning
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The American Dream300 Years Later Changes in
Outlook
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The American Dream400 Years Later What is the
Dream Now
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PURITANISM1600-1750
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THE CRUCIBLEDepicting Puritanism
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THE SCARLET LETTERDepicting Puritanism
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COLONIALISM1750-1850A New Beginning
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ROMANTICISM1800
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DARK ROMANTICS
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TRANSCENDALISM1840-1850
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NEW AMERICAN POETRY1840-1860
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New American PoetryWalt Whitman
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New American PoetryEmily Dickinson
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REALISM1850-1900
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THE ADVENTURES OFHUCKLEBERRY FINN
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NATURALISM1860-1900
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MODERNS1900-1940
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HARLEM RENAISSANCE
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THE GREAT GATSBYDepicting The Roaring Twenties
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POST MODERNISM1940-PRESENT
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Literary Terms

• Alliteration
• Assonance

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Literary Terms

• refrain

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• Personification

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Literary Terms

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Extended Metaphor

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Literary Terms

• Onomatopoeia

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• Irony

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• Theme

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• Tone

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• Allusion

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• Allegory

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• Connotation

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• Monologue

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• Soliloquy

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• Imagery

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Literary Terms

• Hyperbole