Review Sheet for Test on the Rise of Realism
I. Works: The following works will be assessed on the test.
1. from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl- Harriet A. Jacobs p. 472
2. “A Mystery of Heroism”- Stephen Crane p. 501
3. “War is Kind”- Stephen Crane p. 509
4. “Letter to His Son”- Robert E. Lee p. 512
5. “A Pair of Silk Stockings”- Kate Chopin p. 571
6 “Richard Cory”- Edwin Arlington Robinson p. 589
7 “Miniver Cheevy”- Edwin Arlington Robinson p. 590
II. Terms: Define the following terms and provide an example of each from the stories we’ve
studied in this unit.
Term
External Conflict
Internal Conflict
Imagery
Tone
Situational Irony
Verbal Irony
Motivation
Connotations
Definition
Example From Text
III. Elements of Literature:
1. Summarize the six (6) elements of Realism
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2. Summarize the four (4) elements of Naturalism
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IV. Quotes from Literature: For each of the following works, choose two (2) quotes which you feel
speak to some element of the story (character development, theme, literary terms, style of writing,
etc.). In other words, choose quotes that reveal important aspects of the works. After you have
chosen a quote, explain its relevance.
Work
From
Incidents in
the Life of a
Slave Girl
Quote
1. “When I heard that my little ones were in a
1. speaks to the internal conflict Jacobs suffered as
loathsome jail, my first impulse was to go to them. I
was encountering dangers for the sake of freeing
them, and I must be the cause of their death? The
thought was agonizing”- Harriet A. Jacobs
a result of her decision to abandon her children.
2.
“A
Mystery of
Heroism”
“War is
Kind”
Explanation of Quote
2.
“Letter to
His Son”
“A Pair of
Silk
Stockings”
“Richard
Cory”
“Miniver
Cheevy”