The following sentence is an example of what literary term? "What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt and ominous bird of yore."
What is alliteration
100
True or False. Rationalists believed that only a selected few were chosen by God to be saved.
What is false. That is a Puritan belief.
100
In "Upon the Burning of Our House", who did Bradstreet put her faith when she woke up to her burning house?
Who is God
100
What is Edwards view on God?
What is an angry God that barely keeps people out of hell.
100
What does Mr. Hooper's black veil symbolize in the story?
What is secret sin
200
What is pathos
What is an emotional appeal
200
Was Benjamin Franklin a Puritan or a Rationalist?
What is a Rationalist
200
What is Bradstreet's attitude towards God immediately after her house was burned?
What is thankful for her life, trusting in God.
200
What is Edwards' purpose in his sermon?
What is to get sinners to repent and convert, to save sinners.
200
Why is "The Minister's Black Veil" considered a parable?
What is because the purpose of the story is to teach a moral lesson.
300
What is an archetype
What is an ongoing pattern involving theme, characters, setting, or events.
300
Why did the Puritans flee England to come to America?
What is they were being tortured and persecuted.
300
In the poem "Thanatopsis," Nature urges the reader to find comfort in what?
What is death
300
What does Edwards use to motivate his listeners?
What is fear and emotion
300
In "The Devil and Tom Walker" what does Washington Irving use to symbolize hypocrisy and hidden evil?
What is the trees that are flourishing without, but rotten in their core.
400
What is a symbol?
What is an object that represents and idea.
400
What three literary strategies did Patrick Henry use to persuade American's to fight against the British?
What is ethos, logos, pathos
400
"And them behold no more shall I" is an example of what poetic device.
What is inversion
400
Which literary tool is the following an example of, "The bow of God's wrath is bent."
What is a figure of speech
400
In "The Devil and Tom Walker," the legend of a person selling their soul is an example of what literary term?
What is an archetype
500
What is type of rhyme does the following line contain?
"Then, this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling"
What is internal rhyme
500
In his speech to the Virginia Convention, Patrick Henry uses what appeal when he says "Has Great Britain any enemy, in this corner of the world, to call for all this accumulation of armies and navies?"
What is logos/logical reasoning
500
In "Thanatopsis," what does nature say will happen when we die?
What is we become a part of the earth and join everyone else.
500
Why does Edwards use nature, like flood waters, for his comparisons?
What is because everyone can relate to them and gain an understanding.
500
How does wearing the black veil change Mr. Hooper?