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Colonial Authors
Literary Elements
Puritans
Colonial Writings
Colonial Development
100
The first published American poet.
Who is Anne Bradstreet.
100
Anne Bradstreet commonly used this literary technique to create balance in her poetry.
What is inversion.
100
Puritans sought refuge from this in the "new world."
What is religious persecution.
100
A poem detailing the loss of a home.
What is "Upon the Burning of our House"
100
Land must possess this for colonial development to occur.
What is economic value.
200
Entered Yale at 13.
Who is Jonathan Edwards.
200
References to other literary works or works of art.
What is an allusion.
200
The king that set religious upheaval in motion in England.
Who is King Henry VIII.
200
This work was the first to establish Native Americans as savages.
What is Of Plymouth Plantation.
200
These persons served as the "ruling" class of people in Colonial America.
Who are the Europeans.
300
The first governor of Plymouth.
Who is William Bradford.
300
A temporary shift in focus or emphasis in a literary work typically identified by the word "O."
What is an apostrophe.
300
Puritans contributed all developments in life to this.
What is God's Providence.
300
In Of Plymouth Plantation, John Howland is saved from drowning by this.
What is God's Providence.
300
Native-Americans served this role in America's colonial development.
What is the "ruled" class of people or the savages.
400
This author was dismissed from his job due to extremism.
Who is Jonathan Edwards.
400
Edward's constant statements about it being God's pleasure that sinners are still alive is an example of this.
What is repetition.
400
A characteristic of Puritan writing employed in "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."
What is living a devout, religious life everyday.
400
A scathing sermon that had women and men alike crying and running from the church.
What is "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."
400
The "ruling" class demands that the "ruled" class do this.
What is agree to the "ruling" class' view of the world.
500
The period of time William Bradford served as Governor of Plymouth Colony.
What is 30 years.
500
Use of sensory language to create mental pictures or associations.
What is imagery.
500
A holiday that Puritans and Native Americans established to commemorate their first significant harvest.
What is Thanksgiving.
500
Jonathan Edwards' focus in this work was to stir the "un-baptised" to action.
What is "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.
500
Used by the "ruling" class as justification for their colonial actions.
What is divine justification or God's support.