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Literature You Should Know
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taps into people fear of losing their safety or security
What is emotional appeal to fear
100
Early American Writers mostly described
What is the land and the people
100
The biggest influence on writers of the 1600-1700s
What is religion
100
The title of a sermon that was written with the use of emotional appeals, imagery, and anger.
What is "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
200
figures of speech that compares two things that have something in common.
What is a metaphor
200
Writing that is useful and clear, consisted of histories and sermons and poems with religious themes
What is Puritan Literature
200
The first colony was established to Jamestown in which year
What is 1607
200
A group of protestants who sought to purify the church of England and return to simpler ways of worship
Who are Puritans
200
What does Edwards say can save people from God's wrath in his sermon?
What is God's grace and mercy
300
The point of view of the writer is known as his or her
What is perspective
300
European writers chronicled their perspective of _______ in their literature
Who are the Native Americans
300
What year did the colonists declare freedom
What is 1776
300
He coined the phrase "city upon a hill"
Who is John Winthrop
300
The emotional appeals Edwards uses in his sermon
What are appeal to pity, appeal to fear, and appeal to vanity
400
accounts of real life historical experiences, given either by a person who experienced those events or by someone who has studied or observed them.
What is a historical narrative
400
The group of writers helped the Englishmen picture North America?
What are the Early Settlers
400
In the 1700s their was a intellectual burst of energy known as the_______.
What is Enlightenment
400
The Puritans believed these three things made a person morally good
What is hard work, thrift, and responsibility
400
Hypocritical "Christians now in this congregation" proves the context, audience, or purpose of Edwards sermon.
What is his audience
500
accounts written by people who were not directly involved in or witnesses to an event
What is secondary source
500
The group of writers that most accurately depict what is now known as Early American Literature
1. Native Americans 2. Early Settlers 3. Colonists 4. Explorers 5. Puritan Literature 6. Writers of the Revolution
500
The year the Declaration of Independence was approved
What is 1788
500
What is considered to be a major flaw of the Puritans?
What is they are inflexible in their religious beliefs and intolerant of other viewpoints--hypicritical.
500
"Same subjects in different lights" and "freedom or slavery" or examples ____________ used in Henry's Speech in the Virginia Convention.
What is antithesis