Native American Literature
Puritan Literature
Authors
Stories
Literary Terms
100
This type of story is often religious in nature, and it explains a belief, ritual, or mysterious natural phenomenon.
What is a myth?
100
The most important topic in Puritan writing.
What is faith/God?
100
She was kidnapped by Indians
Who is Mary Rowlandson?
100
Bradstreet claims he is the mighty Architect
Who is God?
100
A comparison without the use of "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
200
These are the most important beings in Native American creation accounts.
Who are the animals?
200
The Puritans learned to read from this book.
What is the Bible?
200
This author's text was lost for 100 years.
Who is William Bradford?
200
An example of Divine Providence, the Puritans were surprised to learn that he spoke English.
Who is Squanto?
200
When the sentence appears out of its natural order
What is poetic inversion?
300
The means by which these stories were passed along to future generations.
What is the oral tradition?
300
These are the most common forms of Puritan literature.
What are diaries and histories?
300
Inspired by Shakespeare
Who is Anne Bradstreet?
300
When much of her hope seemed lost, Mary Rowlandson was given this surprise gift.
What is the Bible?
300
The ways in which God is involved in all aspects of life
What is divine providence?
400
The most important theme in Native American literature.
What is the importance of nature?
400
This involves complicated figures of speech, classical allusions, and Latin.
What is high style?
400
Wrote about Jamestown
Who is John Smith?
400
The number of remaining Pilgrims after the first winter
What is 50?
400
A reference to literature, history, mythology, or the Bible
What is an allusion?
500
The coyote is an example of this common archetype in Native American (and African) myths.
What is the trickster?
500
The two ways in which Puritans knew they were saved.
What is feeling God's grace and acting like a saint?
500
Born in America
Who are the Native Americans?
500
This biblical story is alluded to when Mary weeps at the river while the Native Americans rejoice.
Who are the Israelites and the Babylonians?
500
A universal symbol, character, setting, or event in literature
What is an archetype?
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