Adirect comparison
walt whitman
2. story of an author's own life
autobiography
3. clause modifying a noun or pronoun
independent clause
4. a listing of sources used in a paper
metaphor
5. a novel by nathaniel hawthorne
adjective clause
6. number one best seller of the 19th century
william hill brown
7. a main clause that can function as a sentence
image
8. a word picture with a concrete reference in the real world
thornton wilder
9. pioneer of free verse in poetry
the stage manager
10. the power of sympathy
personification
11. giving an inanimate object human characteristics
samuel johnson
12. author of our town
works cited
13. first person to use historical method of dictionary research
uncle tom's cabin
14. guide and narrator for our town
the scarlet letter