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- “What Is the Difference Between Romanticism and Realism?” Reference, IAC Publishing, 2020, www.reference.com/world-view/difference-between-romanticism-realism-e44597b47d8c82f3.

- Campbell, Donna M. “Regionalism and Local Color Fiction, 1865-1895.” Regionalism and Local Color Fiction, 2017, public.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/lcolor.html.

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- Naturalism was influenced by Darwinism and the theories of psychology and sociology. Seeks to present human behavior objectively, as a scientist would.
- Naturalism is similar to realism but shows a more deeper understanding of how humans live and behavior.
-  Naturalist writers' focused on the idea that people's lives are governed by nature.

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- Regionalism is the focus of what specifically characterizes a geographical area and its people.
-  The focus of regionalism writers' was to capture the speech, dress, common beliefs, and social interactions of a specific area.
- Regionalism is similar to realism because both see life how it actually is not how they imagine it to be.

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What was the Industrial Revolution and how did it impact or influence Realism?

- The Industrial Revolution is the transcontinental railroad, the cotton gin, electricity and other inventions permanently changed society. Realism rejects the ideals of classical art, the emotional drama, and the imagination of Romanticism. Instead, it was based on direct observation of the modern world.

How did the Civil War also impact or influence this literary time period?

-  The Civil War influence the beginning of American realism by Americans wanting to escape into an ideal world especially with all of the death and destruction from the war. They wanted to put an end to romanticism and the sentimental tradition that is associated with most women writers.

What was the Progressive Era and what was its impact on the literature during this time?

- Realism's effort to depict life accurately was insufficient. Charles Darwin held that human being is wholly subject to the natural laws of the universe. naturalism's effort to expose the deep biological and environmental forces that determine human fate.

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What specific time period was Realism popular?

- Realism begins around the 1880-1914 19th century.

Identify a minimum of 3 traits or characteristics of Realistic authors and/or their writing.

- Realistic fiction means it seems like it could be real, but it isn't. like in the stories that actually haven't happened, but it could. and just like in life, the business world is full of unexpected twists, turns, and obstacles, but the most effective leaders never let the unexpected deteriorate their positive energy.

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A few differences between Realism and Romanticism is romanticism typically shows the fictional situations whereas realism shows more how life really is. Another difference is "Romanticism focuses on plot, hyperbole, metaphor and feeling. In contrast, realism focuses on characters, details, objectivity and separation of author and narrator." Lastly Romanticism writers and artist focus on feeling, belief and imagination on the other hand realism writers focus on replicating the real world. A few similarities between romanticism and realism is both are basic views of humanity. Another similarity is both influenced many different important types of literacy works. Lastly both composed of many important writers.

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Identify a minimum of 3 authors from this time period and identify one of their literary works and explain why it was important.

- William dean Howells convinced of realism as a truthful portrayal of ordinary facets of life with some limitation.
- Rebecca Harding Davis sought to effect social change for blacks, women, Native Americans, immigrants, and the working class, by intentionally writing about the plight of these marginalized groups in the 19th century.

- Henry James wrote the "The Portrait of a Lady" to tell us that we have the theme of innocence, friendship, love, connection, kindness, selflessness, respect and acceptance.