STUDY SHEET ADVANCED ENGLISH 11

 Matching – author facts  Multiple Choice – notes/study questions on stories  Short Answer – Questions about stories plus…list the characteristics of Modern American writing, describe the main theme in Modern American writing, describe the Jazz Age society, and list the characteristics of the American Dream.  Stories/Notes – on web page

 Welty – “A Worn Path”  Hemingway – “In Another Country”  Faulkner – “A Rose for Emily”  Steinbeck – “The Turtle”  Thurber – “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”  O’Connor – “The Life You Save May Be Your Own”  Porter – “The Story of an Hour”  “The Feather Pillow” – You do not need to know any author facts about this story.  Anderson – “The Corn Planting”  Wolfe – “The Far and the Near”

 Wrote Of Mice and Men  Used free association  Foremost American humorist of 20 th century  From Ohio and suffered from amnesia  Created Yoknapatawpha County, MS  From NC and understood human condition  From Nebraska and loved music  Newspaper reporter in World War I

 “thunder-and-lightning” Christian belief in his/her stories  Created hero who maintains “grace under pressure”  Created “protest novel”  MS author famous for colloquial language  Gave the 1920’s the title “The Jazz Age”  Used stream-of-consciousness style