Famous American writersFamous American writers

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WritersWritersHe is the first major He is the first major US writer of novels. US writer of novels. He wrote mostly He wrote mostly about frontiersmen about frontiersmen and Native and Native Americans. His best-Americans. His best-known books include known books include The Last of the The Last of the MohicansMohicans and and The The DeerslayerDeerslayer. .

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He is the leading US He is the leading US humorous writer of humorous writer of the 19the 19thth century. His century. His real name was real name was Samuel Langhorne Samuel Langhorne Clemens.Clemens.

WritersWritersHe is a popular US writer He is a popular US writer of short stories who was of short stories who was born William Sydney born William Sydney Porter. He began to write in Porter. He began to write in prison after being sent prison after being sent there for stealing money there for stealing money from the bank where he from the bank where he worked. His stories were worked. His stories were simple and often humorous, simple and often humorous, and they usually ended with and they usually ended with a surprise. a surprise.

WritersWritersHe is a US writer of He is a US writer of adventure novels and short adventure novels and short stories. Before starting to stories. Before starting to write he worked as a sailor write he worked as a sailor and went to the Klondike to and went to the Klondike to look for gold, experience look for gold, experience which he later used in his which he later used in his books. His best known books. His best known novel is novel is White FangWhite Fang..

WritersWritersHe is a US writer of novels He is a US writer of novels and short stories, which were and short stories, which were often about poor people with often about poor people with unhappy lives. He was unhappy lives. He was opposed to the idea of the opposed to the idea of the American dream of success. American dream of success. His best-known books were His best-known books were Sister CarrieSister Carrie and and An An American TragedyAmerican Tragedy, both of , both of which were made into films. which were made into films.

WritersWritersHe is a US writer of novels He is a US writer of novels and short stories. He created and short stories. He created a style of writing using short, a style of writing using short, simple sentences, and simple sentences, and received the Nobel Prize for received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1954. He drove literature in 1954. He drove an ambulance during World an ambulance during World War I and later worked in War I and later worked in France and Spain as a France and Spain as a journalist reporting on journalist reporting on World War II and the World War II and the Spanish Civil War. Spanish Civil War.

WritersWritersHe is a US author of novels, He is a US author of novels, plays and more than 400 plays and more than 400 stories. He wrote about stories. He wrote about ordinary people and refused ordinary people and refused the Pulitzer Prize for his play the Pulitzer Prize for his play The Time of Your LifeThe Time of Your Life because he did not want rich because he did not want rich people to support the arts. people to support the arts. His best-known novel is His best-known novel is The The Human Comedy.Human Comedy.

WritersWritersHe is a US author who He is a US author who received the 1962 Nobel Prize received the 1962 Nobel Prize for literature. He often wrote for literature. He often wrote about poor farmers in about poor farmers in California. His best-known California. His best-known book includebook include Of Mice and Of Mice and Men, The Grapes of Wrath, Men, The Grapes of Wrath, Cannery Row Cannery Row andand East of East of Eden.Eden.

WritersWritersHe is the first major US He is the first major US writer of novels. He writer of novels. He wrote mostly about wrote mostly about frontiersmen and Native frontiersmen and Native Americans. His best-Americans. His best-known books include known books include The The Last of the MohicansLast of the Mohicans and and The DeerslayerThe Deerslayer. .

James Fenimore CooperJames Fenimore Cooper

WritersWriters

He is the leading US He is the leading US humorous writer of the humorous writer of the 1919thth century. His real century. His real name was Samuel name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens.Langhorne Clemens. Mark TwainMark Twain

WritersWritersHe is a popular US writer He is a popular US writer of short stories who was of short stories who was born William Sydney born William Sydney Porter. He began to write in Porter. He began to write in prison after being sent prison after being sent there for stealing money there for stealing money from the bank where he from the bank where he worked. His stories were worked. His stories were simple and often humorous, simple and often humorous, and they usually ended with and they usually ended with a surprise. a surprise. O’ HenryO’ Henry

WritersWritersHe is a US writer of He is a US writer of adventure novels and short adventure novels and short stories. Before starting to stories. Before starting to write he worked as a sailor write he worked as a sailor and went to the Klondike to and went to the Klondike to look for gold, experience look for gold, experience which he later used in his which he later used in his books. His best known books. His best known novel is novel is White FangWhite Fang. .

Jack London

WritersWritersHe is a US writer of novels He is a US writer of novels and short stories, which were and short stories, which were often about poor people with often about poor people with unhappy lives. He was unhappy lives. He was opposed to the idea of the opposed to the idea of the American dream of success. American dream of success. His best-known books were His best-known books were Sister CarrieSister Carrie and and An An American TragedyAmerican Tragedy, both of , both of which were made into films. which were made into films. Theodore DreiserTheodore Dreiser

WritersWritersHe is a US writer of novels He is a US writer of novels and short stories. He created a and short stories. He created a style of writing using short, style of writing using short, simple sentences, and received simple sentences, and received the Nobel Prize for literature the Nobel Prize for literature in 1954. He drove an in 1954. He drove an ambulance during World War ambulance during World War I and later worked in France I and later worked in France and Spain as a journalist and Spain as a journalist reporting on World War II reporting on World War II and the Spanish Civil War. and the Spanish Civil War. Earnest HemingwayEarnest Hemingway

WritersWritersHe is a US author of novels, He is a US author of novels, plays and more than 400 plays and more than 400 stories. He wrote about stories. He wrote about ordinary people and refused ordinary people and refused the Pulitzer Prize for his play the Pulitzer Prize for his play The Time of Your LifeThe Time of Your Life because he did not want rich because he did not want rich people to support the arts. people to support the arts. His best-known novel is His best-known novel is The The Human Comedy. Human Comedy. William William SaroyanSaroyan

WritersWritersHe is a US author who He is a US author who received the 1962 Nobel Prize received the 1962 Nobel Prize for literature. He often wrote for literature. He often wrote about poor farmers in about poor farmers in California. His best-known California. His best-known book includebook include Of Mice and Of Mice and Men, The Grapes of Wrath, Men, The Grapes of Wrath, Cannery Row Cannery Row andand East of East of Eden.Eden. John SteinbeckJohn Steinbeck

Look at the names of the American authors. Match their first and last names.

First names Last namesThomas 1.London William (Porter) 2.Dreiser Ernest 3.O’HenryMark 4.SteinbeckJohn 5. BradburyRay 6. HemingwayEdgar 7. SaroyanJack 8.CooperTheodore 9.TwainWilliam 10.РоеJames 11.Mayne Reid

Look at the names of the American authors. Match their first and last names.

First names Last namesThomas 11.Mayne Reid William (Porter) 3.O’HenryErnest 5.HemingwayMark 9.TwainJohn 4.SteinbeckRay 6.BradburyEdgar 7.РоеJack 1.LondonTheodore 2.Dreiser William 10.Saroyan James 8.Cooper

Heroes and StoriesHeroes and StoriesHe is not educated but is an He is not educated but is an independent and happy boy. independent and happy boy. He is a character created by He is a character created by Mark Twain for his novel Mark Twain for his novel The The Adventure of Tom SawyerAdventure of Tom Sawyer, who , who he then made the main he then made the main character in the second book, character in the second book, which is considered one of the which is considered one of the greatest American novels. It is greatest American novels. It is about his trip down the about his trip down the Mississippi River with a slave Mississippi River with a slave called Jim who has escaped.called Jim who has escaped.

Heroes and StoriesHeroes and StoriesShe is the main female She is the main female character in the novel character in the novel Gone Gone with the Windwith the Wind by Margaret by Margaret Mitchell. She is a lively Mitchell. She is a lively woman who uses her charm woman who uses her charm to get what she wants. She to get what she wants. She loves Ashley Wilkes, who loves Ashley Wilkes, who rejects her because he is rejects her because he is already married, so she already married, so she marries the charming but marries the charming but immoral Rhett Butler, who immoral Rhett Butler, who finally leaves her. finally leaves her.

Heroes and StoriesHeroes and Stories

He is the main character He is the main character in a series of very in a series of very successful books by successful books by British author J K British author J K Rowling. He is a boy with Rowling. He is a boy with magical powers (a young magical powers (a young wizard) and the books are wizard) and the books are about his adventures at about his adventures at his school.his school.

Heroes and StoriesHeroes and StoriesIt is a novel by the US writer It is a novel by the US writer Harriet Beecher Stowe which Harriet Beecher Stowe which increased support for the increased support for the movement to free slaves. It is movement to free slaves. It is about a kind slave called Tom about a kind slave called Tom who is badly treated and finally who is badly treated and finally killed by Simon Legree. Tom’s killed by Simon Legree. Tom’s daughter Eva also dies, and daughter Eva also dies, and another well-known character in another well-known character in the novel is the slave child Topsy. the novel is the slave child Topsy. The name “Uncle Tom” is The name “Uncle Tom” is sometimes used as an insult to sometimes used as an insult to describe an African American describe an African American who has too much respect for who has too much respect for white people.white people.

Heroes and StoriesHeroes and StoriesIt is a novel by the US It is a novel by the US writer F Scott Fitzgerald. writer F Scott Fitzgerald. The story is about Jay The story is about Jay Gatsby, a man who has Gatsby, a man who has become very rich through become very rich through illegal activities, and his illegal activities, and his attempts to win back his attempts to win back his former lover Daisy. The former lover Daisy. The book is regarded as one of book is regarded as one of the best descriptions of the the best descriptions of the lives of rich, lazy people in lives of rich, lazy people in the Jazz Age. the Jazz Age.

Heroes and StoriesHeroes and Stories

It is the best-known poem It is the best-known poem by Edgar Allan Poe, first by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1845. In it a published in 1845. In it a man is visited by a raven man is visited by a raven and asks it when he will see and asks it when he will see his lost lover again. The his lost lover again. The bird repeatedly answers bird repeatedly answers “Nevermore”.“Nevermore”.

Heroes and StoriesHeroes and Stories

It is a science fiction novel It is a science fiction novel by the American writer Ray by the American writer Ray Bradbury about a world in Bradbury about a world in which books are officially which books are officially forbidden. The book was forbidden. The book was written during the written during the McCarthy era and it is McCarthy era and it is about many of the issues about many of the issues about freedom of speech about freedom of speech which were raised at that which were raised at that time. time.

Heroes and StoriesHeroes and StoriesHe is not educated but is an He is not educated but is an independent and happy boy. independent and happy boy. He is a character created by He is a character created by Mark Twain for his novel Mark Twain for his novel The The Adventure of Tom SawyerAdventure of Tom Sawyer, who , who he then made the main he then made the main character in the second book, character in the second book, which is considered one of the which is considered one of the greatest American novels. It is greatest American novels. It is about his trip down the about his trip down the Mississippi River with a slave Mississippi River with a slave called Jim who has escaped.called Jim who has escaped.

Huckleberry Finn

Heroes and StoriesHeroes and StoriesShe is the main female She is the main female character in the novel character in the novel Gone Gone with the Windwith the Wind by Margaret by Margaret Mitchell. She is a lively Mitchell. She is a lively woman who uses her charm woman who uses her charm to get what she wants. She to get what she wants. She loves Ashley Wilkes, who loves Ashley Wilkes, who rejects her because he is rejects her because he is already married, so she already married, so she marries the charming but marries the charming but immoral Rhett Butler, who immoral Rhett Butler, who finally leaves her. finally leaves her. Scarlett O’HaraScarlett O’Hara

Heroes and StoriesHeroes and Stories

He is the main character He is the main character in a series of very in a series of very successful books by British successful books by British author J K Rowling. He is author J K Rowling. He is a boy with magical powers a boy with magical powers (a young wizard) and the (a young wizard) and the books are about his books are about his adventures at his school.adventures at his school.

Harry PotterHarry Potter

Heroes and StoriesHeroes and StoriesIt is a novel by the US writer It is a novel by the US writer Harriet Beecher Stowe which Harriet Beecher Stowe which increased support for the increased support for the movement to free slaves. It is movement to free slaves. It is about a kind slave called Tom about a kind slave called Tom who is badly treated and finally who is badly treated and finally killed by Simon Legree. Tom’s killed by Simon Legree. Tom’s daughter Eva also dies, and daughter Eva also dies, and another well-known character in another well-known character in the novel is the slave child Topsy. the novel is the slave child Topsy. The name “Uncle Tom” is The name “Uncle Tom” is sometimes used as an insult to sometimes used as an insult to describe an African American describe an African American who has too much respect for who has too much respect for white people.white people. Uncle Tom’s CabinUncle Tom’s Cabin

Heroes and StoriesHeroes and StoriesIt is a novel by the US writer It is a novel by the US writer F Scott Fitzgerald. The story F Scott Fitzgerald. The story is about Jay Gatsby, a man is about Jay Gatsby, a man who has become very rich who has become very rich through illegal activities, and through illegal activities, and his attempts to win back his his attempts to win back his former lover Daisy. The book former lover Daisy. The book is regarded as one of the best is regarded as one of the best descriptions of the lives of descriptions of the lives of rich, lazy people in the Jazz rich, lazy people in the Jazz Age. Age. The Great GatsbyThe Great Gatsby

Heroes and StoriesHeroes and Stories

It is the best-known poem It is the best-known poem by Edgar Allan Poe, first by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1845. In it a published in 1845. In it a man is visited by a raven man is visited by a raven and asks it when he will see and asks it when he will see his lost lover again. The his lost lover again. The bird repeatedly answers bird repeatedly answers “Nevermore”.“Nevermore”.

The RavenThe Raven

Heroes and StoriesHeroes and Stories

It is a science fiction novel It is a science fiction novel by the American writer Ray by the American writer Ray Bradbury about a world in Bradbury about a world in which books are officially which books are officially forbidden. The book was forbidden. The book was written during the written during the McCarthy era and it is McCarthy era and it is about many of the issues about many of the issues about freedom of speech about freedom of speech which were raised at that which were raised at that time. time. Fahrenheit 451Fahrenheit 451

Put a tick √ in the right place.Put a tick √ in the right place.Mark Twain

Theodore Dreiser

O’ Henry Jack London

Earnest Hemingway

Tennessee Williams

Thomas Mayne Reid

Cabbages and Kings

The Call of the Wild

The Prince and the PauperTrilogy The Financier, The Titan, The StoicFor Whom the Bell TollsLove of Life

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

The Headless Rider

The Snows of KilimanjaroThe Old Man and the Sea

CrosswordCrosswordAcross:Across:3.3. It is a famous novel by the US writer J. It is a famous novel by the US writer J. Fennimore Cooper "The Last of Fennimore Cooper "The Last of the ........." the ........."

5.5. In the novel "Gone with the Wind" by In the novel "Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell Scarlett O'Hara Margaret Mitchell Scarlett O'Hara marries Rhett........... marries Rhett...........

Down:Down:1.1. It is the sixth book by British author J It is the sixth book by British author J K Rowling "Harry Potter and the Half K Rowling "Harry Potter and the Half -............ Prince". -............ Prince".

2.2. It is Mark Twain's best known book It is Mark Twain's best known book "The Adventure of Tom .........." "The Adventure of Tom .........."

4.4. It is one of the famous Earnest It is one of the famous Earnest Hemingway's story "The Old Man and the Hemingway's story "The Old Man and the ......." ......."

Put a tick √ in the right place.Put a tick √ in the right place.Mark Twain

Theodore Dreiser

O’ Henry Jack London

Earnest Hemingway

Tennessee Williams

Thomas Mayne Reid

Cabbages and Kings √√The Call of the Wild √√The Prince and the Pauper

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Trilogy The Financier, The Titan, The Stoic

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For Whom the Bell Tolls

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Love of Life √√Cat on a Hot Tin Roof √√The Headless Rider √√The Snows of Kilimanjaro

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The Old Man and the Sea

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