9 week test Flashcards

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what was settlement literature

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pamphlets trying to persuade Europeans to settle in the new land

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key settlement writer

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smith

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three pillars of puritanism

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grace
plainness
divine mission

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4
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What did Cotton Mather write

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The Great Works of Christ in America

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When did Cotton Mather write the great works of christ in america

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1702

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puritan poets

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anne bradstreet and edward taylor

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1608

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John smith wrote a true relation of virginia

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who was john smith

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mapmaker

named cities

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9
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1624

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John Smith wrote the general history of virginia

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what did the general history of virginia bring

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the american dream

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1630-1647A

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William Bradford - History of Plymouth Plantation

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1650

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Anne Bradstreet - The Tenth Muse

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13
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1700

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Edward Taylor wrote Preparatory Meditations

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1704

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Sarah Kemble Knight - The Journal of Madam Knight

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1729

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William Byrd - History of the Dividing Line

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16
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1741

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Jonathan Edwards - Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

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17
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exploration literature gave way to

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settlement literature

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18
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what is revealed in the general history of virginia

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natives helpful, not savage

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19
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four elements of plot

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conflict, complications, climax, resolution

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what is bradford known for

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free enterprise, thanksgiving, and no king

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bradford’s tragedies

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wife died

youth abandoning religion

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bradford has a deep sense of what

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God’s providence controlling everything

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Bradford religiously

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vast knowledge of Bible

alludes to Scripture constantly

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what did bradford show

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how Christian charity is powerful in tragedy

how natives were very helpful

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Bradford's godsend with natives
two who spoke English
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relations with the native americans
simple rules gave peace for 24 years
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what does internal conflict deal with
thoughts values feelings temptations
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what is the ornate style
``` flowery gaudy showy verbose lengthy ```
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who used the ornate style
rationalists
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which style influenced most future writers
plain
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when did Anne Bradstreet get married
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when did she come to america
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what did she do
wrote poems and helped establish Andover
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different publications of her poems
second in plain style
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bradstreet affectionate poem
to my deer and loving husband
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theme of to my dear and loving husband
good marriage can be a foretaste of eternal happiness
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serious poem bradstreet
her house burnt down | upon the burning of our home july 10 1666
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theme of upon the burning of our home july 10 1666
she took comfort and strength in reflecting on not becoming attached to things here and looking beyond to that heavenly home
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who was edward taylor
preacher who wrote poems on Saturday to prepare for preaching
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taylor's style
ababcc stanza in all his poems,
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how many poems did taylor write
thousands
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what is Taylor known for
striking metaphors
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what poem did we read by taylor
huswifery
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theme of huswifery
he compares himself to a spinning wheel and loom where God transforms the wool of his life into a beautiful robe to glorify Him
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what did Sarah knight do
took a business trip for boston to ny and back and kept a journal which she published
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what do we read about in knight
``` her travel on horseback and in canoe people religious groups customs and leisure times in NY ```
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what does Byrd have and how did he get it
huge plantation in VA | inherited and built up
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where did byrd live
grew up in England | came to the US at 30
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what did byrd do in england
trained to be a lawyer and scientist
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what genre did byrd write in
many
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how did byrd see himself
as a gentleman involved civically in the lives of others
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what does byrd's journal talk about
the difficulties involved surveying the border between VA and NC
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what was byrd's goal
to amuse his british audience
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how can you tell byrd's goals
inclusion of tall tales
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Who was Jonathan Edwards
a powerful preacher during the great awakening
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when did edwards go to yale
13
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who did edwards marry
sarah pierrepont
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who was pierrepont
a woman devoted to God and known for her sweetness
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what was sinners in the hands of an angry God
spontaneous sermon
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what does sinners in the hands of an angry God do
presents a God filled with wrath, who is compared to a flood, a bow, and a fire
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what is the tone of sinnners
serious and urgent
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why is the tone of sinners urgent
he wants sinners to repent and to give their lives to Christ
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what happens at the end of sinners
mercy and hope are offered
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rhetorical devices in sinners
pathos, logos
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what is pathos in sinners
open door of mercy | allusion to Lot at Sodom - climactic
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what is logos in sinners
everyone is changing so join in
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what do mather edwards and franklin have in common
showed Europeans that America had its share of geniuses too
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hints to adjective clause
who whose which
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hints to adverb clause
before, after, as, when, while, until, because, since, as if, as though, although, if
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hints to noun clause
that what how why where
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participle
look like verbs, ing and ed function like adj can be removed
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absolute phrase
noun participle inserting was or were makes it a sentence possessive pronoun
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appositive
noun or noun phrase renaming the noun beside it | usually begins with article
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semi colon
used to join two independent clauses whose ideas are closely related
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colon
list | explanation
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dash
interruption interesting detail abrupt change of thought afterthought
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gerund
looks like a verb - ing | functions like noun
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how can noun function
subject, direct object, object of preposition, predicate noun appositive