Letters
What is five sons?
Both poems we read were by what author?
Who is Walt Whitman?
two things incompatible with slavery
What are education, consciences, and nature?
the line that is repeated in a song (spiritual)
What is the refrain?
Douglass offers this to his playmates who teach him
What is bread?
Lee's attitude towards secession
What is disapproval/will cause problems/conflicts with Constitution?
the death that "O Captain! My Captain!" pertains to
What is Abraham Lincoln's death?
all the victims of slavery
Who are the slaves and the masters?
vocab word that means "to kill by a powerful blow"
What is "smite?"
the term used to refer to a writer's choice of words
What is diction?
the gift Lee receives from his son
What is a book on the life of George Washington?
DAILY DOUBLE: the group that inspired Whitman
Who are the Transcendentalists?
the reason why education and slavery don't mix
What is that education makes slaves unhappy with their situation?
"a band of angels coming after me"
In "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," the angels represent this entity.
What is the Underground Railroad?
in his letter, Lee claims that he will only take up arms to do what? (be specific)
What is to defend himself and Virginia?
the tone of Lincoln's "Letter to Mrs. Bixby"
What is comforting/grateful/reverent?
classification for poems that do not have a rhyme scheme
What is free verse?
Douglass' intended audience
Who are white northerners, who may become abolitionists?
this makes Moses exemplary in the eyes of the slaves
What is that he led his people to freedom?
"we can not dedicate -- we cannot consecrate -- we cannot hallow -- this ground" is an example of this literary device
What is parallelism
On a timeline, where does the writing of Lee's "Letter to His Son" fall in relation to the war?
What is it was writen before the civil war started?
who "Beat! Beat! Drums!" is about
Who are the people (families) at home?
the tone needed to reach his audience effectively
What is logical, factual, and truthful?
spirituals had these two purposes
What is religious meaning and the transmission of secret messages?
What is 21 years old?