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The Age of Reason
Literature of the Times
Rise of Women Writers
A Vindication of the Right of Women
Vocabulary
100
The British scientist who created the scientific method
Who is Sir Issac Newton
100
People during the restoration wanted a ________ they could understand.
What is Prose
100
These places quickly became a popular entertainment and were often attended by well known writers and public figures.
What are Salons
100
Women sacrifice this for beauty
What is Knowledge
100
conversation
What is Discourse
200
The "Age" people used scientific reasoning to understand the world.
What is "The Age of Reason"
200
A popular form of real-life literature
What is journalism
200
Intellectual women became known as this
What are Blustockings
200
The author of "A Vindication of the Rights of Women"
Who Mary Wollstonecraft
200
A pattern used to define a thing or idea
What is Paradigm
300
DAILY DOUBLE: If nature operated by simple, orderly laws that could be worked out by logic, why not __________ as well.
What is human nature
300
Neoclassicists often used this to point out aspects of society that they felt needed to be changed.
What is Satire
300
Following in the footsteps of her mother, this woman grew up to become one of the most enduring writers of the romantic period.
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
300
Women learn these skills in their early life. (You must name all 4)
What are learning to play the piano, sing, draw, and do needle work
300
To Compare
What is Juxtapose
400
Writers, artists, politicians, and other members of society gathered daily in these places.
What are coffee houses
400
These are the two forms of satire used by Neoclassicists
What is Horatian and Juvenalian Satire
400
This woman challenged the status quo of how women should be treated in society.
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft
400
______ is the mother of virtue
What is Liberty
400
A deviation from the pattern
What is Anomaly
500
He believed that reasonable people could create a perfect society.
Who is John Lock
500
These writers modeled their works on those of ancient Greece and Rome
Who are Neoclassical Writers
500
She was the first woman in England to earn a living as a professional writer
Who is Aphra Behn
500
These things are epithets of weakness
What are soft phrases, susceptibility, of heart, delicacy of sentiment, and refinement of taste.
500
A subtle difference
What is Nuance