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english Flashcards

1
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What information about the following aspects of Okanogan culture did you glean from this tale?

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Traits or qualities the Okanogan admired as well as those they disapproved of

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The traditional role of women in Okanogan society

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Respect the dead
Being smart
Not being honest
Woman were good cooks

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  • Okanogan rituals and religious beliefs
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reincarnation

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What did Cabeza de Vaca and his men do when they first reached the island?

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They made a fire, roasted corn and found water

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What was de Vaca’s role during the first meeting between his men and the Karankawas?

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Walked out to greet them

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What the Spaniards tried to do after they received food and supplies from the Karankawas

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They tried to leave the island but some people died

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  • How did the Native Americans feel when they saw the drowned Spaniards?
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They were sad

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  • How do we know that religious faith is part of the author’s historical context?
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They call the Spaniards christians. He prays

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9
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What did the colonists do when they first arrived in North America?

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They fell upon their knees and bless the God

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What problems did the colonists first encounter when they arrived? Why does Bradford give special recognition to William Brewster and Myles Standish?

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Because they didn’t get sick and they were helpful
Mutinous speeches and carriages People died
Some people got scurvy ???????

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What does “The First Encounter” describe?

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The place where they first met when the natives arrived and met the indians.

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How did Squanto help the colonists?

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He brought them back tools and made peace with them

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Why does Bradstreet use hyperbole in the first four lines of the poem “Husband”?

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To exaggerate and get the point across of how much love she has for husband and how happy she is with him.

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How does the speaker of “Burning” learn of the fire?

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She woke up with a thundering noise and shrieks and heard people crying “fire”

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What does the use of personification in line 8 of “Burning” reveal about the speaker?

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It reveals that she loved the house and her heart was broken that it burnt down

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What is the “hope and treasure” that the speaker in “Burning” refers to and what does it
Represent?

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It represents her salvation and hope in God.

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What is the metaphor in “Huswifery” and what does it suggest about Puritan life?

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He’s using the metaphor that he’s a loom and God knits him together. It’s suggesting their deep trust in God and their desire to do his will. They want God to knit together their thoughts, actions, and words.

18
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What is the purpose of the sermon?

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To convert people to christianity

19
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Who is the intended audience of the sermon?

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Unbelievers

20
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What is it that Edwards says is keeping them from falling into the pit of hell?

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God’s hand. “It is nothing but his mere pleasure that keeps you from being in this moment swallowed up in everlasting destruction”

21
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What emotional appeal is Edwards using when he emphasizes the everlasting nature of God’s wrath?

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Fear

22
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What is the human condition that Edwards stresses throughout the sermon

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who will save them
That they are horrible and need a Savior

23
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How does Henry begin his speech and why does he begin that way?

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He begins by expressing his respect so that the convention can see that he’s doing what he thinks is right for the country and can reciprocate his respect.

24
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Why does it say that the “room for hope” is gone?

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Because they’ve done everything they can to plead with the king and nothing’s changing. The only way to change something now is to go to war.

25
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What rhetorical device is used in the following quotation:
“Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find which have not already been exhausted?”

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Rhetorical question.

26
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When does Jefferson believe that people should rebel against their government?

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When the government tries to destroy their rights.

27
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What does the conclusion of the Declaration of Independence state?

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They have the right to be independent and are not loyal to the king.

28
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Be able to list the 7 characteristics of the Romantic period

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Glorification of nature
Awareness and expression of emotions
Indivasualish/ self
Preoccupation w/the hero
Celebration of creativity + imagination + beauty of nature
Interest in folk culture
Spiritual + supernatural elements

29
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Why are Tom and his Wife unhappy?

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They both are very greedy people who fight about money. They always argue with each other.

30
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What is the author making a satire of in the following passage:
“Tom was a hard-minded fellow, not easily daunted, and he had lived so long with a termagant wife that he did not even fear the devil.”

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He’s making a satire of mean wives that men fear.

31
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Why does Tom start praying and reading his Bible?

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He wants to escape the devil.

32
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Why is Tom so successful at working for the devil?

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He’s greedier than the devil himself.

33
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What convinces Tom that what the devil has told him is true?

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The fingerprint on his forehead.

34
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Why does Tom initially refuse the devil’s bargain?

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To be contrary to his wife.
He didn’t want to take the deal because his wife want him to do it

35
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Explain one way that Irving shows Tom’s pride and stinginess after gaining his wealth.
His pride is represented by the fact that he built a nice house to show off to people, but left the inside unfinished. “He set hard terms. He gradually squeezed his customers dry”

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this represents his stinginess

36
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How does Tom treat his customers?

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He takes advantage of them.

37
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What are two major problems or flaws Irving saw in society?

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Greedy, prideful people and people who take advantage of others.

38
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Comma rules

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Sentence Openers

39
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Prepositional phrase

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40
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Sentence Openers

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41
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Clauses (MC, AC, DC)

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