English III
Regionalism/Realism/Naturalism –
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Big Idea 1: Regionalism - What has influenced the uniformity of our current
culture? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Public education and mass media
Big Idea 1: Regionalism - After the Civil War, what group of American
writers emphasized local cultures? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Regionalists or local
colorists
Big Idea 1: Regionalism - How did they differ from the Romantics writers? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔They depicted the ordinary people and everyday places
around them instead of using Realism
,Big Idea 1: Regionalism - What did local colorists emphasize in their
writing? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Setting; character's speech, dress, beliefs
Big Idea 1: Regionalism - What kind of narrator often populated a local
colorists' stories? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔An outsider who observed a world filled
with unfamiliar or outdated characteristics and customs
Big Idea 1: Regionalism - What did the narrator reveal in a local color
story? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The tension between the new and old, the modern
and the old-fashioned
Big Idea 1: Regionalism - What was the mood of local color writing? Why? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Nostalgic, serving as a reminder of a time before mass
production and noisy urban life; at other times it was somber
Big Idea 1: Regionalism - What was Mark Twain's masterpiece? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Big Idea 1: Regionalism - About what were Bret Harte's stories? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔He told stories of the rude, lawless life of the California gold-
mining country while describing places few people had ever seen.
, Big Idea 1: Regionalism - About what were Willa Cather's stories? What
were two of her most famous novels? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Her writing reflects
her memories of prairie life, and many of her early works focus on the
harshness and isolation of pioneers' lives. Two most famous novels: O
Pioneers and My Antonia
Big Idea 2: Realism - In part, to what was the emergence of American
Realism a reaction? Why? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The Romanticism of the
previous era; Romanticism's glorification of the imagination became
unappealing to Realists, who wanted to explore the motivations, behaviors,
and actions of real people.
Big Idea 2: Realism - Who were some of the most important writers of the
time? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Henry James, O. Henry, and William Dean Howells
Big Idea 2: Realism- Who is commonly considered to be the father of
Realism? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Honore de Balzac
Big Idea 2: Realism - What did the Realist novelists examine? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔The psychology of human behavior and created characters who
struggle with problems that 19th century readers would have recognized in
their own lives or in the lives of their contemporaries
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Regionalism/Realism/Naturalism –
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Test
Big Idea 1: Regionalism - What has influenced the uniformity of our current
culture? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Public education and mass media
Big Idea 1: Regionalism - After the Civil War, what group of American
writers emphasized local cultures? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Regionalists or local
colorists
Big Idea 1: Regionalism - How did they differ from the Romantics writers? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔They depicted the ordinary people and everyday places
around them instead of using Realism
,Big Idea 1: Regionalism - What did local colorists emphasize in their
writing? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Setting; character's speech, dress, beliefs
Big Idea 1: Regionalism - What kind of narrator often populated a local
colorists' stories? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔An outsider who observed a world filled
with unfamiliar or outdated characteristics and customs
Big Idea 1: Regionalism - What did the narrator reveal in a local color
story? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The tension between the new and old, the modern
and the old-fashioned
Big Idea 1: Regionalism - What was the mood of local color writing? Why? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Nostalgic, serving as a reminder of a time before mass
production and noisy urban life; at other times it was somber
Big Idea 1: Regionalism - What was Mark Twain's masterpiece? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Big Idea 1: Regionalism - About what were Bret Harte's stories? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔He told stories of the rude, lawless life of the California gold-
mining country while describing places few people had ever seen.
, Big Idea 1: Regionalism - About what were Willa Cather's stories? What
were two of her most famous novels? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Her writing reflects
her memories of prairie life, and many of her early works focus on the
harshness and isolation of pioneers' lives. Two most famous novels: O
Pioneers and My Antonia
Big Idea 2: Realism - In part, to what was the emergence of American
Realism a reaction? Why? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The Romanticism of the
previous era; Romanticism's glorification of the imagination became
unappealing to Realists, who wanted to explore the motivations, behaviors,
and actions of real people.
Big Idea 2: Realism - Who were some of the most important writers of the
time? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Henry James, O. Henry, and William Dean Howells
Big Idea 2: Realism- Who is commonly considered to be the father of
Realism? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Honore de Balzac
Big Idea 2: Realism - What did the Realist novelists examine? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔The psychology of human behavior and created characters who
struggle with problems that 19th century readers would have recognized in
their own lives or in the lives of their contemporaries
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
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