Am. Lit Unit 1 Review

American History

100

Arrival point of most initial colonists

Eastern coastline as far west as Mexico

OR Plymouth/Jamestown/St. Augustine

200

Landmark by which Native Americans migrated to North America nearly 12 thousand years ago

Bering Land Bridge

300

Reason colonists revolted against the British monarchy

Unfair taxation

Lack of representation

Unprovoked violence from British soldiers

400

Puritans primarily focused on these two things

Work and prayer

500

This person wrote the Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson

Authors

100

Purpose of Patrick Henry's speech at the Virginia Convention

To persuade his listeners to go to war with Britain

200

Purpose of William Bradford's "Plymouth Plantation"

To inform a new generation about the pilgrim's history

300

Writers of hymns and sermons believed they held this responsibility

To articulate God's will and his laws to the people

400

Oral poets in Native American culture held this important role

To document the history of each tribe and honor its heroes

500

3 images utilized in Jonathan Edward's sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"

Black clouds

Bow and arrow

Flooding waters

Hands of God

Rock destroying web

Themes

100

These people believed that the land belongs to the people

European colonists

200

These people lived in unity with nature

Native Americans

300

These are the 3 major persuasive techniques

Logos, Pathos, and Ethos

400

Opposition to absolute monarchy, separation of powers, liberty and individual rights, and equality are all key concepts of this philosophy

Enlightenment

500

3 major themes of early American writing

Wilderness, Community, and Individualism

Vocab 1

100

 Two very different subjects are shown to have a point of similarity and the comparison is stretched throughout the entire text

Extended Metaphor

200

Formal public speaking meant to persuade listeners to take action or to address listeners’ needs or concerns

Oratory

300

 Formal speech prepared for a special occasion

Address

400

Focuses on an issue relating to government in which the speaker tries to persuade the people to think or act in a certain way

Political Speech

500

Pattern, symbol, or character type that repeats across cultures

Archetype

Vocab 2

100

Central idea/message that reflects major discussions or historical events of the time

Theme

200

Expressing the same idea using the exact same words

Repetition

300

Speech based on a scriptural text and is intended to provide religious instruction

Sermon

400

 Using strongly contrasting words, images, or ideas

Antithesis

500

Repeating a grammatical structure

Parallelism