Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
General History of VA
Vocabulary
Wonders of the Invisible World
"To My Dear and Loving Husband"/ "Upon the Burning of Our House"
100
This is who wrote Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.
Who is Jonathon Edwards?
100
This is the author of the General History of Virginia.
Who is John Smith?
100
This is the appeal of logic.
What is LOGOS?
100
This is the author of Wonders of the Invisible World.
Who is Cotton Mather?
100
This is who wrote "Upon the Burning of Our House."
Who is Anne Bradstreet?
200
This is how the speaker/author wants to make his audience feel in Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.
What is he wants them to feel frightened by God's powerful wrath?
200
This colony (location - town) is the focus of the General History of Virginia.
What is Jamestown?
200
This is the term meaning to pre-judge without having facts.
What is prejudice?
200
This is the name of the woman on trial.
Who is Martha Carrier?
200
This literary term means a statement that seems to be contradictory but actually presents a truth.
What is a paradox?
300
List ONE metaphor (comparison) the speaker/author makes in Sinners.
What is black clouds, dammed waters, or a bow ready to strike?
300
This is why John Smith came to America.
What is he was searching for gold and land to explore?
300
This persuasion technique is based on the speaker's qualifications and credentials.
What is ETHOS?
300
These people accused Martha Carrier of being a witch before her trial even began.
Who are her children?
300
This is what the author did AS HER HOUSE WAS BURNING DOWN.
What is she prayed to God?
400
This is the definition of the Great Awakening.
What is a religious revival intended to increase the popularity of Puritanism?
400
This is John Smith's primary message in General History.
What is "Most things that are worthwhile in life are not easily obtained"?
400
This is rhythmical pattern determined by number and stresses in each line.
What is meter?
400
Four people claimed that this happened to them because the accused practiced witchcraft. (Hint: It DOESN'T deal with the human body.)
What is they all had cattle die?
400
This line from "To My Dear and Loving Husband" shows that author loves her husband while simultaneously acknowledging her Puritan values: A) "If ever two were one, then surely we." B) "Thy love is such I can no way repay, / The heavens rewards thee manifold, I pray." C) "Then while we live, in love let's so persevere,/ That when we live no more, we may live ever." D) "My love is such that rivers cannot quench,/ Nor ought but love from thee, give recompense."
What is B) "Thy love is such I can no way repay, / The heavens rewards thee manifold, I pray"?
500
These are the three persuasive techniques used in Sinners and this is HOW they're used.
What is Ethos- Puritan minister Pathos - scares his audiences through metaphors & imagery Logos - convert to Puritanism & you'll be saved?
500
This is the name of the first (bad) president in Jamestown.
Who is President Wingfield?
500
This is a contradiction that represents a general truth.
What is paradox?
500
This is why the woman on trial was most likely accused of being a witch. (This is why everyone else accused her.)
What is they accused her so they wouldn't be targeted and put on trials themselves?
500
This is the theme, or the lesson we're supposed to learn, of "Upon the Burning of Our House." (Keep in mind the author is a Puritan.)
What is "Don't place too much value on earthly objects?"
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