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What two themes do Anne’s poem emphasizes ?

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What idea provides most comfort for Anne?

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For what sin does Anne Bradstreet think God is punishing her.

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What incident serves as the best evidence that the crew was motivated by cruelty?

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What were he conditions like in the hold of the slave ship?

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What cause Olaudah to be separated from his sister?

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Tedious

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-Adj

Tiring; dreary

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Savory

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Appetizing; agreeable

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Plunder

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-Goods siezed durig war time

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Melancholy

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-Sad or sorrow ful

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Decrepit

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Bewitching

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Affliction

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Cotton mather

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-Puritan minister best remembered for canpaign against smallpox

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Why was Harvard founded?

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-Puritan college to train ministers

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What did the Mayflower Compact pave the way for?

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-Constitutional democracy

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What was the Puritan belief concerning God’s Grace?

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  • Believed that the arrival of God’s Grace was demonstrated by saintly behaivor
    • tried to act in as exemplary way as possible.
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Which of his audiences fears does John Edwards tap into his sermon?

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Who are the unconverted persons in Edwards congregation?

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What kind of God is Edward’s God?

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How does he build a sense of urgency and peril in his sermon?

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Identify a figure of speech from the sermon.

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Incident in plymouth plantation.

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Percentage of pop. Thatdied over winter

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Why was the first thanksgiving celebrated?
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How was journey spiritual and physical(pilgrims)
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Rationalism?
Reliance on reason as best guide of belief
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Entreated?
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What were the circumstances surrounding Olaudah's early (pre-slavery) years.
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Beliefs of the romantic writers?
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Why did they reject rationalism?
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What was the "journey" in American Romantic literature
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What was the primary inspiration for American Romantics?
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Describe the typical romantic hero.
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The fireside poets are best known for what subjects and themes
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What was rips wish in rip van winkle
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What event did rip sleep through. Historical and personal
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Does rip share any characteristics of the American Romantic hero? What are they?
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The idea that divinity could be found in nature is what ism.?
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In "thanatopsis" the writer wants to find comfort in something. What is it?
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What makes "thanatopsis" a good example of Romantic poetry
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How does "the ropewalk" evoke "sunlight and shadow" literally and figuratively?
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What was the socioeconomic message of the ropewalk
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What conclusions does the reader come to regarding the female subject of " the cross of the snow"
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Sunlight and shadow exist in the cross of the snow, can you identify at least one of each
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What is unexpected/surprising about the cross in the poem
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What might the authors life been like if he had not meditated on the Chamber Nautilus?
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Why does Holmes want to save Old ironsides
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Holmes poem was published inthe newspaper? Why?
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