Name That Event
The first of many religious revivals that swept through the northeast during the 1730s.
The Great Awakening
Summarize The Navajo Origin story we read in class in 2 sentences or less.
Humans are created from buckskin, corn, feathers, and wind.
Which tribe was Chief Tecumseh addressing in his speech?
The Osagees.
What literary device does William Bradford use when he says "Being thus passed the vast ocean, and a sea of troubles before in their preparation, they had now no friends to welcome..."?
metaphor
"And they went from one duel to another to see which one would succumb. Each one knew in his deepest mind that there was something, somewhere, that would vanquish the other."
What does the word succumb mean in the above excerpt?
Give in
(Die from inury also acceptable)
The forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World.
The Middle Passage
What was the outcome of A Narrative of Captivity?
Rowlandson was swapped for ransom, reunited with her husband and remaining children and sister after several weeks, and she remains in Boston for a while. She writes the book long after she is captive (7 years later).
How old was Olaudah Equiano when he made his voyage on the Middle Passage?
We do not know. We just know he was "a child".
What literary device is used in the below quote?
"I ask, gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force to submission?"
Rhetorical question
At length they came and beset our own house [on fire], and quickly it was the dolefulest day that ever mine eyes saw.
What does the word dolefulest mean in the above excerpt?
Answers will vary. Some acceptable variations are:
Most sorrowful; most mournful, gloomy, etc.
Answer subject to teacher approval!
A battle that took place between the Native Americans and the colonists--it was the last effort to avoid recognizing the English authority and stop their settlement on native lands.
King Phillips War
Hyperbole
Which of the following is NOT one of Ben Franklin's virtues?
A. Ingenuity
B. Industry
C. Order
D. Tranquility
E. Resolution
A. Ingenuity
"Make no mistake, every person who has not been given a new heart by Christ; every person who is not indwelled with the Holy Spirit of God; every person who is not born again into a new creature of Christ, saved sin; every person who has not experienced the life and light of God are right now at this very moment in the hands of an angry God."
The above excerpt is an example of what?
Parallelism/Parallel Strucutre
"Temperance first, as it tends to procure that coolness and clearness of head where constant vigilance was to be kept up and guarded against unremitting attractions of ancient habits and the force of perpetual temptations."
What does the word unremitting mean in the above excerpt?
constant; never stopping
Other acceptable answers to be determined by the teacher.
The conflict following the revolt of the North American colonies against British rule, which ultimately led to independence for the colonies.
The American Revolutionary War.
What does the Shoshone Love Song teach us about Native American values?
Their most prized possession (to which they are comparing their love) is nature, not material things.
What years did Colonial Literature span?
17th c-1830
(will also accept 1850)
What rhetorical appeal is being delivered below?
"Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain."
Logos
The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity, and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me... This Fourth [of] July is yours, not mine.
What does the word bequeath mean in the above excerpt?
Answers will vary. Some acceptable responses are:
-passed down
-left by means of a will
Other a cceptable answers determined by teacher.
The official order that freed the Confederate slaves in rebellion against the Union.
1) What is it?
2) Who gave the order?
1) The Emancipation Proclamation
2) President Abraham Lincoln
What was one key idea from Lincoln's Speech on Slavery/Free Labor? Be specific. Do not say "slavery is bad."
Answers will vary. Acceptable answers are subject to teacher approval.
What was the last of Franklin's 13 virtues on his list?
"Humility-Imitate Jesus and Socrates"
"I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience."
Which rhetorical appeal is being used here?
Ethos
One of the blacks, therefore, took it from him and gave it to me, and I took a little down my palate, which, instead of reviving me, as they thought it would, threw me into the greatest consternation at the strange feeling it produced, having never tasted any such liquor before.
What does the word consternation mean in the above excerpt?
the feeling of anxiety or dismay;l amazement or confusion
Answers are subject to teacher approval.