Early America
The primary reason many of the Pilgrims came to Plymouth was to escape this.
What is religious persecution?
This writing style is associated with Puritan authors and emphasizes straightforward, uncomplicated language.
What is the plain style?
Arthur C. Parker argued that to understand a people, we need to understand this aspect of their culture.
What is their literature?
He wrote Of Plymouth Plantation, a historical account of the Pilgrims and their experiences in the New World.
Who is William Bradford?
This term describes writing intended to teach a lesson or communicate a moral/religious message.
What is didactic?
This period of American literature covers approximately 1607–1820.
What is Early American Literature?
According to John Winthrop, true liberty is freedom to do what is morally right according to this authority.
What is God's law/Word?
In Native American oral traditions, stories were often passed from one generation to another through this method.
What is oral tradition?
He wrote A Model of Christian Charity and served as a Puritan leader in Massachusetts Bay.
Who is John Winthrop?
This literary technique makes a reference to another text, historical event, person, or cultural idea.
What is an allusion?
Early American writers often wrote to teach, persuade, or communicate beliefs rather than simply to entertain. This describes literature that has a ______ purpose.
What is a didactic purpose?
Winthrop described the Puritan community as a "city upon a hill," meaning that their community would serve as this to the world.
What is a model or example of Christian living?
The Iroquois political system was organized around councils and required leaders to use this process when making important decisions.
What is council discussion?
This author wrote A Description of New England.
Who is John Smith?
This type of allusion refers to stories, people, or ideas from the Bible.
What is a biblical allusion?
John Smith's A Description of New England is best classified as this type of writing because it describes the land, resources, and opportunities of the New World.
What is a historical narrative?
In A Model of Christian Charity, Winthrop emphasizes that the members of the community should support one another through this Christian principle.
What is charity/love for one's neighbor?
The Constitution of the Five Nations reveals that Iroquois society valued cooperation, unity, and this method of collective decision-making. In other words, how were decisions to be made according to the Iroquois Constitution?
What is consensus?
This author wrote about her experiences after being captured by Native Americans, creating one of the best-known early American captivity narratives.
Who is Mary Rowlandson?
In an argument, this is the central position that the writer wants the audience to accept.
What is the claim?
Name three major areas of change that significantly influenced early American writers.
What are religion, politics/government, and society/culture?
Winthrop described two types of liberty. One is the freedom to do whatever one wants; the other is the freedom to do what is morally right. Name both.
What are natural liberty and civil/federal liberty?
This archetypal object appears in both How the World Began and the Constitution of the Five Nations. It represents connection to the natural world and/or the importance of the natural environment.
What is the tree?
In Of Plymouth Plantation, Bradford uses both biblical and classical allusions. Give one example of either type.
What is a biblical reference such as the Israelites/Exodus or a classical reference such as a reference to a figure or story from Greek/Roman tradition?
Name one of the major parts of an argument commonly taught as a text structure.
What are claim, evidence/reasons, counterclaim, and rebuttal/refutation?