We Aren't Superstitious
True or False: Benet used a sarcastic tone when he states "The Justices, no doubt, congratulated themselves on their prompt and intelligent action."
True, this is verbal irony (AKA sarcasm)
True/false: Ben Franklin was not a Puritan, but had similar values
True
What was the tone of this sermon
Fearful
What is figurative language
Why did the puritans leave England and come to America
to further purify their religion
True/False: Is this an example of situational irony
Massachusetts paid money to the victims who were accused witches
False
He spends 1 week working on a flaw then onto the next.
Jonathon Edwards sermon appeals to the readers *passions* and emotions, he is using ethos, pathos, or logos?
Pathos
What refers to an idea or feeling associated with a word rather than the dictionary definition? Ex. childlike, youthful
Connotation
Who was the focus of Puritanism's beliefs
God
Which word best completes the sentence:
Puritans thought that witches were controlled by the devil and that their actions and behavior was BLANK so they must end the behavior by hanging them.
Vexing, arduous, incorrigible, benevolent
Incorrigible
Which of these was NOT a virtue Franklin tried to correct: Temperance, order, silence, laughter
Laughter
What was Jonathan Edwards trying to convey about God's power throughout his sermon
That he is angry with your sins and can easily send you to hell
What refers to word choice
diction
Who did the puritans believe should receive an education
Both men and women
The Puritans needed to BLANK all the witches from existence because they had BLANK that they would ruin their Puritan community and lives.
Eradicate, affluence
Eradicate, facilitate
Eradicate, convictions
Facilitate, convictions
Eradicate, convictions
Ben Franklin realizes it's better to have flaws than to always be perfect similar to the BLANK in his autobiography
A. Speckled Ax analogy
B. Sharpened Sword metaphor
A. Speckled Ax analogy
Does this passage best convey the theme, metaphor, or connotation of Edwards sermon?
"You are thus in the hands of an angry God; 'tis nothing but his mere pleasure that keeps you from being this moment swallowed up in everlasting destruction"
Theme
What conveys an authors attitude about what he is writing
Tone
What do the Puritans believe in
Industry, moderation, simplicity
The children who were 'bewitched' would BLANK the trials and were quite fatigued after their arduous performances
Facilitate, Vex, incorrigible, inclinations
Must define sentence in vocab synonyms
*Facilitate* The children who were bewitched would make the trials easier and were tired after their difficult performances.
What can we infer from this quote:
"As I knew, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, I did not see why I might not always do one and avoid the other."
Franklin was unaware of how arduous achieving moral perfection was
Which word best completes the sentence:
The puritans found moral perfection was BLANK and difficult to achieve
Affluence, arduous, incorrigible, benevolent
Arduous
What conveys a reader's attitude/feeling toward what they are reading?
Mood
What was the movement that Jonathan Edwards was a part of that tried to bring Puritanism back called
The Great Awakening