The Age of Enlightenment
Author of "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
Jonathan Edwards
Leader of Transcendentalism in America
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Said “You didn’t bring a man with you; that’s one mistake. And the other is that you didn’t come in the dark and fetch your masks.”
Colonel Sherburne
Vocab word that is a synonym for began
COMMENCED
What is compound about this sentence:
The boys raced to the park and played football all afternoon
PREDICATE
Author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Writers of poetry that was easy to memorize and read by families by the hearth
Fireside Poets
Said “...if I catch you about that school again, I’ll tan you good. First you know, you’ll get religion, too.”
Pap
Vocab word that is a synonym for stubbornness
OBSTINACY
This is an example of what type of sentence or punctuation error?
I know my grandmother loves me, she gives me anything I want.
COMMA SPLICE
Author of Poor Richard's Almanac
Benjamin Franklin
Author of "The Minister's Black Veil"
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Said “Some calls me Sarah, some calls me Mary.”
Huck
A vocab word that means the opposite of bright and cheerful
DISMAL
The dependent clause in this sentence:
While we were sitting around the campfire, we told many funny stories.
While we were sitting around the campfire,
Slave who wrote about the horrendous conditions of the slave ships on the journey to America
Olaudah Equiano
Poet who wrote about a talking bird while mourning his beloved, Lenore
Edgar Allan Poe
Said “Take this six thousand dollars and invest it for me and my sisters any way you want to…”
Mary Jane Wilks
Vocabulary word that means to reluctantly give in
ACQUIESCE
The FANBOYS words
FOR, AND, NOR, BUT, OR, YET, SO
The main reason Puritans valued education and literacy
To teach their children to read the Bible
Two poems written by Emily Dickinson
Because I Could Not Stop for Death
I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died
The Soul Selects Her Own Society
Water Is Taught By Thirst
“It’s just a small, thin blue arrow - that’s what it is.”
The King
Vocab Word that means impressive with a sense of grandeur; may be used to describe beautiful scenery
SUBLIME
The independent clause in this sentence:
When I was in Kindergarten, I learned to count to 200.
I LEARNED TO COUNT TO 200.