Match the writings with their subject matter or theme.

Stephen Crane’s stories were so popular that he was able to support himself until his death at age 92 without other work.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was wildly popular after its publication.

Emily Dickinson received more critical acclaim and commercial success in her lifetime than Twain did in his.

Realist characters have less control over their lives and circumstances than naturalist characters do. 

Match the quotes to their authors.

This author was a cynic who was called “the wickedest man in San Francisco” because of the harsh critiques he wrote as a journalist. Many think he was killed in Mexico during the war.

Match the quotes to their authors.

This author’s prosperous and comfortable upbringing led her to write about wealthy, strong women stuck in “gilded cages.”

Booker T. Washington made a famous speech called the “Atlanta Compromise,” which contributed to his being known as the “Moses of his race.”