Puritans
Why the Puritans came to America, known to them as the New World.
What is freedom of religion?
An inventor, writer, and scholar, who wrote something called Poor Richard's Almanack.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
In the scheme of the Dream, especially for Gatsby, money equals this.
What is Success?
Movement centered on nature, self-reflection, and self-reliance.
What is transcendentalism?
Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
The book the Puritans used to guide every facet of their lives.
What is the Bible?
They strayed from the teachings of the Puritans and embraced change.
What are the revolutionists?
According to the Declaration of Independence, what 3 rights are needed to achieve the Dream?
What is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
This story told readers about a greedy old man who sold his soul and unfairly collected money from people.
What is "The Devil and Tom Walker?"
ZAP! Is an example of this.
What is an onomatopoeia?
He wrote about the Salem Witch Trials based on McCarthyism that was being seen in his time.
Who is Arthur Miller?
Authors such as Washington Irving, Edgar Alan Poe, and Hawthorne wrote during this period.
What is the age of Romanticism?
These characters had their own version of the Dream that included tending rabbits on their farm.
Who are Lennie and George?
This story told readers of a bird who spoke to a man battling grief over the loss of a loved one.
What is "The Raven?"
What is personification?
The false accusations that resulted in the death of 19 people and 2 dogs.
What are the Salem Witch Trials?
According to Benjamin Franklin, this is the number of virtues one needed in order to reach moral perfection.
What is 13?
This novel told of 2 teenagers living and working toward their own version of the Dream when they discover their world is not as it seems.
What is Dreamland Burning?
This story told readers about a lady who never married and kept an awful secret hidden for many years.
What is "A Rose for Emily?"
"Chris caught catfish in Colorado while cliff-diving in canyons" is an example of this.
What is alliteration?
What is Catholicism?
This document would never have been signed by SC and GA if the authors has not removed edicts about slavery.
Who is the Declaration of Independence?
Part of Gatsby's Dream, this object was symbolic of him being so close to daisy and unable to reach her.
What is the green light?
The title of this story was inspired from a poem by Robert Burns of Scotland.
What is Of Mice and Men?
Comparing two unlike things saying one is the other.
What is a metaphor?