Colonial Foundations & Explorers
What book most strongly influenced Puritan beliefs and writing?
The Bible
What holiday is associated with the Pilgrims’ harvest celebration with the Wampanoag?
Thanksgiving
What gives Rowlandson strength during captivity?
Her faith in God
Who is the “mighty Architect”?
God
What does Edwards want sinners to do?
Repent and seek salvation
With no parenthetical citation, does the final period go inside or outside quotation marks?
Inside
What church did the Puritans want to reform?
The Church of England
Bradford calls this person “a proud and very profane young man.” Who is he?
The sailor
Give two reasons her captors keep moving.
To find food and escape the English army
What does the “house on high” represent?
Heaven
What emotion does Edwards use to persuade listeners?
Fear
Should a comma follow that when a quotation fits directly into the sentence?
No
Name three forms of writing commonly used by Puritans.
Sermons, diaries, and poems
What does Providence mean in Bradford’s account?
God’s guidance and involvement in human events
Rowlandson refers to Jacob’s grief in the Bible. What literary device is this?
An allusion
What device appears in “Here stood that trunk” instead of “That trunk stood here”?
Inversion
What was spectral evidence during the Salem Witch Trials?
Claims that someone’s spirit harmed people
Fix this sentence: Bradstreet’s reference to a “house on high,” shows her hope in heaven.
Remove the comma after the quotation.
Columbus described Indigenous people highly valuing inexpensive beads. What European assumption does this reflect?
They would accept unfair trades.
Bradford uses everyday language and direct statements rather than elaborate descriptions. What is this writing style called?
Plain style
Name one action that challenges her description of her captors as cruel.
Sharing food with her
Bradstreet writes, “Then straight I ’gin my heart to chide.” What does chide mean?
To scold or criticize.
Why does the court want to display Proctor’s confession on the church door?
To justify the trials and pressure others to confess
Fill in the punctuation: Bradstreet recognizes that her possessions belong to God ___ “It was his own, it was not mine.”
A colon
How does the kindness shown by Indigenous people in La Relación challenge European biases?
It challenges the belief that they were cruel or uncivilized.
Massasoit helped the Pilgrims. His son later led resistance against the colonists during the war in which Rowlandson was captured. What was his name?
Metacom, also called King Philip
How can readers check for bias in Rowlandson’s account?
Compare her judgments with the actions she describes.
How does her tone change from the ruined-house section to the ending?
From sorrowful to hopeful about heaven
Why is it dangerous when questioning the court makes someone seem guilty?
People cannot safely challenge unfair decisions.
What single punctuation mark should replace the period after wealth to connect this quotation to its introduction?
A colon :