Викторина "Do you know American literature?"
методическая разработка по английскому языку (7 класс) на тему

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Part One Choose the right option – 1 point

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What was the first most popular book in America? A – Encyclopedia B – The Constitution C – The Bible D – The Last of the Mohicans

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What is the most popular type of literature in America? A – novels B – short stories C – detective stories D – thrillers

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What is one of the most well-known books by James Fenimore Cooper? A – The Last of the Mohicans B - The Song of Hiawatha C – White Fang В – An American Tragedy

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What is one of the most well-known books by Jerome David Salinger? A – The Old Man and the Sea B - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest C – The Catcher in the Rye В – Tender Is the Night

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What is Willam Sydney Porter's pen name? A – Mark Twain B – Jack London C – Ernst Hemingway D – O. Henry

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What is Samuel Langhorne Clemens' pen name? A – Mark Twain B – Jack London C – Francis Scott Fitzgerald D – Theodore Dreiser

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Part Three. Romanticism or Critical Realism? You will see 5 characteristics of these styles. Are they in their proper place? - 1 point each correct answer

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Romanticism Critical Realism 1. It showed real people in real environment. 1. It showed a great gap between the reality and the ideal. 2. It was based on adventure stories and folklore. 2. It deals with actual facts and realities. 3. It showed a man against the background of social conflicts of the day. 3. It showed life as a struggle between vice and virtue. 4. It analyzed human nature and human emotions in relation to this background. 4. The writers showed real life through the emotions. 5. It was influenced by the Indian and Negro cultures. 5. It was influenced by the European culture. Romanticism or Critical Realism?

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Romanticism Critical Realism 1. It showed real people in real environment. 1. It showed a great gap between the reality and the ideal. 2. It was based on adventure stories and folklore. 2. It deals with actual facts and realities. 3. It showed a man against the background of social conflicts of the day. 3. It showed life as a struggle between vice and virtue. 4. It analyzed human nature and human emotions in relation to this background. 4. The writers showed real life through the emotions. 5. It was influenced by the Indian and Negro cultures. 5. It was influenced by the European culture. Romanticism or Critical Realism?

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Romanticism or Critical Realism? Romanticism or Critical Realism? Put the names under the proper title. There are 4 authors in a group. – 1 point each correct answer

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Romanticism or Critical Realism? Cooper Dreiser Irving Twain London Poe Longfellow Fitzgerald Romanticism Critical Realism

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Romanticism or Critical Realism? Romanticism Cooper Irving Poe Longfellow Critical Realism Dreiser Twain London Fitzgerald

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Part Four Rank from the earliest to the latest – 2 points each correct answer

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Rank from the earliest to the latest Cooper Twain Franklin Dreiser Longfellow O. Henry Whitman Irving Poe

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Part Five Match making – 3 points

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Match the writer and his portrait Ernst Hemingway O. Henry Mark Twain Jack London 2 3 4 1

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Match the writer and the book Twain Dreiser Longfellow O. Henry Cooper Irving Cabbages and Kings The Song of Hiawatha The Adventures of Tom Sawyer The Last Of The Mohicans An American Tragedy Rip Van Winkle

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Part Six Recognize the story – 1 point Name the author – 2 points Name the main character(s) – 3 points

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Recognize the story, name the author and the main character(s) The Indian was of middle age, but looked a strong and healthy man. The white man's body, though also strong, was very thin. He wore a dark green hunting shirt and a summer cap of skins. He also had a knife on his girdle but no tomahawk. On his feet he had moccasins.

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Recognize the story, name the author and the main character(s) "What's gone with that boy, I wonder?" No answer. The old lady pulled her spectacles down and looked over them about the room; then she put them up and looked out under them. She seldom or never looked through them for so small a thing as a boy.

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