The Age of Enlightenment
Author of "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
Jonathan Edwards
Leader of Transcendentalism in America
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Author of the Crucible
Arthur Miller
a comparison of two unlike things
metaphor
Is this sentence complex or compound: Before we can relax for Christmas break, we need to take our final exams.
Complex
Author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Writers of poetry that was easy to memorize and read by families by the hearth
Fireside Poets
The year the events written about in The Crucible took place
1692
a short witty saying, similar to a proverb
aphorism
This is an example of what type of sentence or punctuation error?
I know my grandmother loves me, she gives me anything I want.
COMMA SPLICE
Author of Poor Richard's Almanac
Benjamin Franklin
Author of "The Minister's Black Veil"
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The term that applies to a drama where the protagonist has a character flaw that leads to his downfall
tragedy
describes two words that have similar but not exact ending sounds
slant rhyme
The dependent clause in this sentence:
While we were sitting around the campfire, we told many funny stories.
While we were sitting around the campfire,
Slave who wrote about the horrendous conditions of the slave ships on the journey to America
Olaudah Equiano
Poet who was the first to widely use free verse; most well-known work is Leaves of Grass
Walt Whitman
The primary reason, in general, that people accused others of witchcraft
personal gain
poetry that has no real meter or rhyme pattern
free verse
The FANBOYS words
FOR, AND, NOR, BUT, OR, YET, SO
The primary purpose of Puritan poetry and literature
To glorify God
Romantic-era poet who was known for her slant rhyme; wrote "Because I Could Not Stop For Death"
Emily Dickinson
The author of the crucible related the witch trials to this event of the 1950's
using a part of something to stand for the whole of it
synecdoche
The independent clause in this sentence:
When I was in Kindergarten, I learned to count to 200.
I LEARNED TO COUNT TO 200.