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1、1BasicLiteraryKnowledgeⅠ.Fillintheblanks1.The_____isthemostcommonlyusedfootinEnglishpoetry,inwhichanunstressedsyllablecomesfirst,followedbya______syllable.2.Rhymeisthe_____ofsoundsintwoormorewordsorphrasesthatusuallyappearclosetoeachotherinapoem.Forexample:we/thee,man/can,andgold/
2、hold.3.A_____isasignthatsuggestsmorethanitsliteralmeaning.4.Thetwo-linestanzaformiscalledthe_____,thebest-knownbeingthe_____whichiswritteniniambicpentameterwithanendrhyme.5.The_____foot,whichisthereverseoftheiambicfoot,alsoconsistsofonestressedandoneunstressedsyllables,butwiththes
3、tressedonecomingfirst.6.Ananapesticfootismadeupoftwo_____andonestressedsyllables,withthetwounstressedinfront.7.Americanachievementsintheshortstoryhavedemandedinternationalrespectandadmirationformorefrom______intheearly19thcentury.8.______isgenerallythoughtofasthetruebeginnerofthes
4、hortstoriesbecausehewasthefirstwriterwhoformulatedapoeticsoftheshortstories.9.ThereweretwootherAmericanwriterswhohadmadesignificantcontributionstotheliteraryformofshortstory:______,withhisstoriesofearlylifeinCalifornia,startedavogueoflocalcolorstoriesandmadetheshortstoryseemcomple
5、telyathomeintheUS,andHenryJames,broughttotheformacarefulwritingthatmadehisstoriesmodels.10.Inthe20thcentury,therehavebeenmanywhohavewonfameabroadaswellasintheUSfortheirstories:______,_______,_______,________,anddozensofothers.11.Asyoureadfromwritertowriter,from______’sRipVanWinkle
6、to______’sAGoodManisHardtoFind,youwillseethecomingofashortstoryage,growingfromanentertainingtaleintoastorewhichprobesdeepintohumansouls.12.Modernliteraryfictionhasbeendominatedbytwoforms:_______13.WashingIrving,thefatherofAmericanliterature,developedthe_____asagenreinAmericanliter
7、ature.14.______isusuallyacknowledgedastheoriginatorofdetectivestories.Heisalsocreditedwithdevelopingmanyofthestandardfeaturesofdetectivefiction.HisdetectiveMAugustDupinofMurdersintheRueMorgueandThePurloinedLetteristheforerunnerofalonglineoffictionaldetectiveswhoareeccentricandbril
8、liant.15.______istherepetitionofs