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Which was NOT evidence that Dupin had in solving the murders?
mutilated bodies
a motive
handprints
animal hair
2.
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American Fiction short stories and novels entertain readers. One of the leading authors of Romanticism was 1) , who wrote mystery and detective short stories. This first detective story, 2) , had several testimonies, or 3) , from the people who heard something or saw something about the crime. To get good evidence, the clues have to be 4), or supported, by more than one person. Later, Scottish author 5) modeled his famous series Sherlock Holmes after these American detective stories.
In the category of fiction novels, for example, the first American fiction novel, 6) , was about morality issues. Additionally, the first African-American novelist was 7) , who wrote the novel, Clotel, about the problems of bi-racial women. Novels such as this have realistic conflicts and are called the 8) genre. More imaginative stories were like those of the author 9) , who wrote “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” Later on, the African-American artistic movement, the 10) arrived, which promoted racial 11) . However, during this time, due to industrialism and the world wars, the Modernism movement typically characterized an attitude of 12) . Yet, in America today, audiences have the opportunity to read stories from authors who come from all over the world and tell about different cultural experiences in the 13) genre.
4.
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Which method did Dupin use to figure out how the perpetrators got in and out of the house?
mode of descent
process of elimination
police commentary
ingress
5.
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When writing a play, an author has to decide what major idea or message to convey to the audience. This is called the _____.
theme
stage directions
setting
plot and conflict
6.
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When planning to write a play, the author should think about the _____ and list them after the title in the text of the play.
audiences
the number of acts
characters’ ages, and personalities, etc.
figurative language
7.
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In the _____ of a play, the author has to think about what the stage will look like and any props needed.
conflict
title
setting
characterization
8.
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Which word characterizes the bodies of the women who were murdered in Poe’s story?
rencontre
charlatanerie
mutilated
diminutive
9.
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In “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” the perpetrator had to ______ to descend the window from the fourth floor.
discourse
have great agility
be diminutive
have analytical abilities
