Cards in this guide (12)
Henry James was a author known for writing of the clash between
realist; American and European values
What is best defined as a literary work that is mostly not a product of the writer's imagination
Nonfiction is best defined as a literary work that is mostly not
a product of the writer's imagination.
What makes literary nonfiction different from other nonfiction
Literary nonfiction uses story-telling techniques from fiction
writing.
Which of these is a characteristic of Realism
Ordinary, relatable narrators or Genuine stories and
settings
What was the wharf like before the steamboat arrived each day
Which of these are most characteristic of literary nonfiction
Real people and places or True events and dialogue
Which of these excerpts from Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi best shows Twain's subtle sense of humor
At last he turned up as apprentice engineer or "striker" on a
steamboat. This thing shook the bottom out of all my Sunday-school
teachings.
Which of these phrases is the most objective
My father immigrated to New York from Italy when he was 20.
As the civil war drew to a close why did president Lincoln rhetoric change
Because he now had to repair the nation (apex)
Which situation best shows irony
A school nurse often misses work because she has an unhealthy lifestyle.
In the reading does Mark Twain describe in great detail
1. The steamboat
2. The boy who became a steamboat man
-APEX
In the reading life on the Mississippi which position aboard a steamboat paid the most