Literature
How did native Americans pass down their stories?
They relied on their verbal language to share their history, customs, rituals and legends through vivid narratives.
"O sinner! Consider the fearful danger you are in: it is a great furnace of wrath, a wide and bottomless pit, full of fire of wrath, , that you are help over in the hand of that God, whose wrath is provoked, and incensed as much against you, as against many of the damned in hell. "
Johnathan Edwards, a Puritan minister
What kind of literature did Puritans NOT write?
fiction, writing for pleasure-anything creative
What kind of grammatical error is in the following sentence:
"This weekend I have to write an essay, do a book report and a lab."
Parallelism
Why should you use sources in your academic writing?
To have better support and prove credibility.
What is a difference between the origin and creation myth?
Creation Myth = a myth that tells how the world and human beings came to exist.
Origin Myths = explain how natural phenomena (ex: stars, mountains) came to be or why society has certain beliefs or customs.
“Let you look to your own improvement before you go to judge your husband anymore.”
John Proctor to his wife
What was the purpose of Native American literature?
the relationship between human being and nature,
deep respect for the land,
symbolic use of land, sky, and water as ancestors and relatives,
and the growing struggle between natives and settlers
What kind of grammatical error is in the following sentence?
"Hungry after two hours of hiking, my packed sandwich was quickly devoured upon reaching the peak."
Dangling modifier
Direct quotes"..."; Paraphrasing; summarizing
When you read a story from another Point of View (POV), what changes?
The reader's understanding of the characters; their reasoning behind their actions, as well as their view of the plot.
“I do not judge you. The magistrate sits in your heart that judges you.”
Elizabeth Proctor to her husband
What is imagery?
description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)
What kind of a mistake is in the following sentence?
"The man was pulled over for speeding in the blue sweater."
Misplaced modifier
What are two differences between in-text citations and references?
1. They are in difference locations
2. They contain different information
What kind of literature was mostly written in the Puritan time?
Most Puritan literature took the form of a sermon, poem, or historical narrative.
I have eleven children and am 26 times a grandma, and I have seen them through their silly seasons, and when it come on them they will run the Devil bowlegged keeping up with their mischief.
Rebecca Nurse
Summarize the Sky Tree myth (Cheyenne)
The Sky Tree (Cheyenne)
In "The Sky Tree", a creation myth, Aataentsic (Mother Nature) cuts down the SkyTree (the Tree of Life) because her ailing husband, the Chief (the Great Spirit) of Sky Land (Heaven or the Garden of Eden) asks her for the tree's healing fruit. After one strike, the Sky Tree falls through a hole in the sky. She throws herself after it. Animals on the water-covered earth hurry to build an island (the earth) upon Turtle's back, where Aataentsic and the SkyTree can come to rest. Eventually, the Sky Tree takes root in the new earth.
What is wrong with this sentence?- "Be kind to those that meet you as you rise, you may pass them again as you fall"
It's a run-on sentence.
When do you have to use in-text citations?
EVERY time ( quote, paraphrase, or a summary) you include information from another source into your own writing.
Explain how the historical/environmental context influenced the Native American and Puritan literature.
Native American: American Indian culture respects nature above all else. Natural world permeates all aspects of American Indian life—religion, daily rituals, mythology, writings, food, medicine, art, and so much more.
Puritan: With strong focus on religion in a A RELIGIOUS GOVERNMENT, OR THEOCRACY, there was often an underlying purpose to these types of writings, illustrating their values and the importance of the Bible and God in their daily lives.
Excellency, it is a natural lie to tell.... From the beginning this man has struck me true. By my oath to heaven, I believe him now....
Reverend Hale
Why did Aurthur Miller write The Crucible?
During the tense era of McCarthyism, celebrated playwright Arthur Miller was inspired to write a drama reflecting the mass cultural and political hysteria produced when the U.S. government sought to suppress Communism and radical leftist activity in America.
What is wrong with this sentence? - : "When my mother married my father."
It is a sentence, a fragment.
What is the top bread of the quote sandwich?
The introduction of the source