Question

Which is NOT a key feature of the Early American Literary Period?

Occurred after the Revolutionary War


Native American authors


mostly an oral tradition


literary forms include: myths, legends and speeches


Identify the best way to correct or improve the sentence. If it requires no correction, choose E.



Property values are rising in our area, (which makes us feel wise for buying our home years ago.)


which makes one wise for buying one's home years ago.


which made us feel wise for buying our home years ago.

which has made us feel wise even though we bought our home years ago.

which will be making us feel wise for buying the home we did years ago.

No improvement or correction is required.

Answer 1

1. Occurred after the Revolutionary War This is the correct option.

The Early American Literary Period took place before the European colonizers arrived in the U.S. This period was from 1607 to the late 1700. The Revolutionary war took place towards the end of that period: between 1765 and 1783.

1. No improvement or correction is required This is the correct option.

Property values are rising in our area, (which makes us feel wise for buying our home years ago.) The underlined words are key words: makes is the main verb in the clause and refers to a general feeling ; it expresses a cause at the moment of the message: the present time. Us coordinates with our so the objective pronoun should indicate first person pronoun.

Answer 2

The correct answer is ocurred after the Revolutionary war

No improvement or correction is required.