Authors and Their Works
"A Description of New England"
Who is John Smith?
Walum Olum
What is Native American?
Sickness, disease, cold winters, infertile soil, death, Indians
What are disadvantages to living in the New World?
This founding father tricked his brother by writing anonymous newspaper articles
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
sweet sorrow
What is an oxymoron?
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
Who is Jonathan Edwards?
The Autobiography
What is Revolutionary?
The metaphorical conceit used in Taylor's "Huswifery"
What is a spinning wheel?
Main rhetorical device used in Patrick Henry's Speech to the Second Virginia Convention
What are rhetorical questions?
Summer soldier and sunshine patriot
What is name calling?
"To His Excellency, General Washington"
Who is Phyllis Wheatley?
"Upon the Burning of Our House"
What is Puritan?
What is The Great Awakening?
The major premise of The Declaration of Independence
Reference to literary work, historical event, artwork, etc. in a literary piece
What is an allusion?
"Thanatopsis"
Who is William Cullen Bryant?
"The Devil and Tom Walker"
What is Romantic (Dark)?
Wrote numerous pages to persuade people to come to the New World
Who is John Smith?
The intended audience for Paine's Crisis No. 1
Who are soldiers?
Unrhymed iambic pentameter
What is blank verse?
"Come with me now through time and mind"
Who is White Deer of Autumn?
"Paul Revere's Ride"
What is Romantic? (by a Fireside poet)
The tone change of "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
What is angry to hopeful?
Inferior qualifications and old age
What are Washington's reasons for retirement?
appeal that the author/speaker is credible
What is ethos (ethical appeal)?