Vocab
Grammer & style
Important People
Vocab II
literary focus
100
What is the definiton of Recompense
What is repayment
100
Define direct address.
What is a name/phrase used when speaking directly to someone.
100
Who helped establish public schools?
Thomas jefferson
100
Define Acquiesce
To agree without protest.
100
Puritan Plain style is...
characterized by shorts words and direct statements.
200
What is the definition of persevere?
What is persist.
200
Define parallelism
The repeated use of phrases, clauses, or sentences.
200
Who wrote Poor Richards Almanac?
Benjamin Franklin
200
Define impious.
to be lacking reverence for god.
300
What is the definition of ineffable?
What is inexpressable.
300
What are charged words?
Words with targeting emotions or feelings
300
Who walked more than 100 miles, mostly through snow, to his new home?
Edward Taylor
300
Define Infidel.
A person who holds no religious belief.
400
What is the definition of arduous?
What is difficult.
400
Who arrived in Massachusetts bay colony in 1630?
Anne Bradstreet
400
Define Insidious.
Deceitful, treacherous
500
What is the definition of usurpations?
What is unlawful seizures of rights or privileges.
500
What is an example of an aphorism
"if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
500
He learned Latin, Greek, and Hebrew by age 12 and entered Yale at age 13.
Jonathan Edwards
500
Define Squander.
To spend or use wastefully.
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