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One criticism that naturalist writers had of realists was that they

During his life Mark Twain claimed 

In “A White Heron,” what happens after Sylvia shadows the hunter during his excursion?

Which of the following is NOT a reason for the development of Realism?

He was the youngest of fourteen siblings, the son of a Methodist minister, dropped out of college at nineteen, and wrote America’s first wholly naturalist novel.

In Twain’s “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” which of the following best describes Jim Smiley?

In part, this debut novel of Dreier’s was considered controversial because of the social transgressions of its characters who feel no remorse and largely escape punishment.

These two individuals greatly influenced the literary period known as naturalism:

This naturalist writer published his first novel under the pseudonym Johnson Smith.

This writer was known as “the Dean of American Letters.”