NATIVE AMERICAN SPEECHES & CONSTITUTION
The Iroquois term Haudenosaunee means "People of (this)."
What are Longhouses?
It's the literary genre that includes Nathaniel Hawthorne's short stories.
What is Fiction?
The indirect comparison of two unlike things, using "like" or "as" is called this.
What is a Simile?
Publick Occurrences was a colonial example of this.
What is a Newspaper?
It's a noun meaning "a warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or bad behavior."
What is Caveat?
It's the literary genre that includes Benjamin Franklin's written record of the Native American speech "If the Gentlemen of Virginia."
What is Nonfiction?
The birthmark is a "memento mori" symbol, or a reminder of this.
What is Death (Mortality)?
There are Italian and English versions of this 14-line poetic structure made most famous by Petrarch and Shakespeare.
What is a Sonnet?
It's the name of the Founding Father most associated with Colonial Newswriting.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
It's an adjective meaning "strict and precise, or marked by seriousness with regard to rules."
What is Stringent?
The expression "I am an aged tree" is a direct comparison between an old Native American chief and a tree, and it's an example of this literary device.
What is Metaphor?
It's the name of the character in the story that acts as a foil for the protagonist.
Who is Aminadab?
What is a Stanza?
It's the name of the American city with which the first continuous newspaper is associated.
What is Boston?
If you want a package to arrive sooner, you can do this to the process by paying a bit more.
What is Expedite?
It's the name of the Speaker of the Iroquois "Great Law of Peace."
Who is Dekanawidah?
It's where Georgiana's discovery of Aylmer's journal entries would be placed on Freytag's pyramid of narrative dramatic structure.
What is Rising Action?
It's the name for poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.
What is Blank verse?
It's the "government official" title associated with John Campbell.
What is Postmaster?
It's an adjective meaning "promoting health, or producing beneficial effects."
What is Salutary?
It's the name for "shelled beads strung together on a belt" and was often used to record important Native American verbal agreements.
What is Wampum?
It's the shape of the birthmark on Georgiana's left cheek.
What is a Hand?
It's the figure of speech in which a poet addresses an absent or dead person, an abstract idea, or a thing.
What is Apostrophe?
In the late 18th century, Noah Webster published "The American Minerva," a Federalist-leaning daily newspaper in this city.
What is New York City?
It's a noun meaning "a tendency (or inclination) to do something regularly."
What is Proclivity?