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"Pure" itans
"Lit"erally Speaking
Through the Woods
Stylin'
Conflicts and Issues
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The group of people who came to America for religious freedom.
Who are the Puritans?
100
The attitude of the writer or speaker.
What is tone?
100
This author spent two years in isolation on Walden Pond.
Who is Henry Davis Thoreau?
100
When a boss offers you a job, you should __________ it.
What is accept?
100
This was the central conflict in Jack London's "To Build a Fire."
What is man vs. nature?
200
The foundation of the Puritans.
What is religion?
200
Repeating the same word, phrase or line in a text to emphasize meaning.
What is repetition?
200
The belief that the individual spirit and the natural world transcended logic and reason.
What is transcendentalism?
200
Everyone went on the trip ________ Susan.
What is except?
200
Mayella Ewell's struggle to tell the truth on the stand can best be described as this type of conflict.
What is internal, or man versus self?
300
"The dreadful pit of glowing flames" is an example of this literary device.
What is imagery?
300
In poetry, the repetition of similar sounds at the end of a line.
What is end rhyme?
300
The basic idea that caused Thoreau to eliminate unnecessary meals, junk mail, and the evening news.
What is simplicity?
300
This describes Sojourner Truth's use of "ain't" and Scout's use of "S'pose."
What is dialect?
300
This punctuation mark can separate two independent clauses without starting a new sentence.
What is a semicolon?
400
A female poet who defied Puritan beliefs with her passionate poetry.
Who is Anne Bradstreet?
400
The repetition of similar sounds within the same line of poetry.
What is internal rhyme?
400
This dark romantic believed in the darker side of human nature and used a raven as a symbol for death.
Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
400
"Monica brewed coffee, fried eggs, and is making cereal" is an example of this sentence error.
What is parallel structure?
400
One global issue that is reprsented in To Kill a Mockingbird and today's society.
What is racial injustice, gender prejudice, poor economy, etc.
500
The Puritan belief that God will intervene in the lives of people.
What is providence?
500
Another word for the term "tone."
What is attitude?
500
The man who inspired Henry David Thoreau to go to Walden Pond.
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
500
The informal or formal voice of a text.
What is diction?
500
This is the main motivation for the girls of Salem to blame others of witchcraft.
What is fear?