Literary Terms
Readings
U.S. History
Vocabulary
Who Said It?
100
referring to another work of literature. For example, Mary Rowlandson's Bible.
What is an allusion?
100
Mary Rowlandson gives thanks to this for keeping her alive and safe during her captivity
Who is God or her religion
100
They came primarily in search of gold and riches
Who are the Spanish
100
To ignore
What is to disregard?
100
Imitate Jesus and Socrates
Who is Ben Franklin
200
A life story written by the author himself. For example Benjamin Franklin wrote one
What is an autobiography
200
William Bradford's account discusses the founding of this settlement
What PLymouth?
200
The crime of signing the Declaration of Independence
What is treason?
200
Unrelated to the matter at hand
What is irrelevant
200
As for me, give me liberty of give me death
Who is Patrick Henry
300
The Interesting Narrative of the LIfe of Olaudah Equiano is a first hand account of this
What is slavery and the middle passage
300
Benjamin Franklin wrote about his quest for this in his autobiography
What is moral perfection?
300
Name given to a series of religious revivals in the 1700's
What is the Great Awakening?
300
To exclude, leave out
What is to ostracize?
300
These are the times that try men's souls
Who is Thomas Paine?
400
The tone of Edwards' sermon
What is angry, forceful, intense
400
This famous NAtive American helped William Bradford's colony
Who is Squanto?
400
The event that led Paine to write "the Crisis" papers
What is the Revolutionary War?
400
Unbiased, nonjudgmental
What is objective?
400
Remember the ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them
Who is Abigail Adams
500
Most of Colonial literature is this
What is nonfiction
500
The primary author of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
500
He gave a fiery speech at the Virginia Convention urging colonists to rebel against England
Who is PAtrick Henry?
500
Accidental, inintentional
What is inadvertently?
500
Oh yee nominal Christians, learned you this from your God
Who is Olaudah Equiano?