Who am I?
Vocabulary
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I set an example for humorous writing and put America on the literary map.
Who is Washington Irving
100
appearance
What is visage
100
Name the central beliefs of Native Americans ( at least 3)
What is 1. land is sacred 2. storytelling and speechmaking are an integral part of their lives 3. lives revolve around the seasons 4.
100
the author's reason for writing
What is author's purpose
100
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps he hears a different drummer."
Who is Henry David Thoreau. What is from Walden. This demonstrates the idea of non-conformity that he believes.
200
I wrote, "I am not solitary when I read and write though nobody is with me."
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson
200
mark of shame or discredit
What is stigma
200
What are the first eight lines of an Italian sonnet called?
What is octave
200
a struggle between opposing forces
What is conflict
200
"I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death."
Who is Patrick Henry. What is Speech in the Virginia Convention. This is his final statement which dramatically emphasizes the need to prepare to fight the British.
300
I vehemently opposed the efforts to convert the Iroquois to Christianity.
Who is Red Jacket
300
commotion
What is tumult
300
Arrangement of words on prose and poetry
What is syntax
300
Words in a sentence or phrase are wrenched out of our normal English syntax.
What is inverted syntax (inversion)
300
"Brother, you say you have not come to get our land or our money, but to enlighten out minds."
Who is Red Jacket. What is Lecture to a Missionary. This demonstrates Red Jacket's recognition of the situation; it demonstrates his tone of suspicion.
400
I am widely acknowledged as the father of American poetry.
Who is William Cullen Bryant.
400
hard to understand or explain
What is enigma
400
Name the three emotional appeals used in persuasive writing.
What is emotional, logical and ethical appeals
400
the repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures.
What is parallel structure (parallelism)
400
"Trusting no man as his friend, he could not recognize the enemy when the latter actually appeared."
Who is Nathaniel Hawthorne What is The Scarlet Letter This shows that Dimmesdale is incapable of recognizing the threat Chillingworth is to him.
500
I was not only the first notable American woman poet; I was essentially the first notable American poet.
Who is Anne Bradstreet
500
weighty or clumsy
What is ponderous
500
How can you distinguish between a Shakespearean and a Petrarchan sonnets?
What is by the rhyme scheme.
500
A direct address to an object or to someone who is not present.
What is apostrophe
500
"The wrath of God is like great waters that are damned for the present; they increase more and more, and rise higher and higher, till an outlet is given..."
Who is Jonathon Edwards. What is Sinners in the hands of an Angry God. This simile reflects the theme of the sermon, that God's wrath will take man unless he is born again in Christ.
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