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111 Cards in this Set
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two feet in a line of poetry
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dimeter
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five feet in a line of poetry
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pentameter
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four feet in a line of poetry
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tetrameter
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three feet in a line of poetry
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trimeter
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strongly exaggerated metaphor or simile
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conceit
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a-b c-b, four accented syllables then three
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ballad- themes of love and courage
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two unaccented syllables then one accented
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anapestic
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one accented followed by to unaccented
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dactelic
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unaccented then accented
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trochaic
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two accented in one foot
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spondaic
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Which peace was written to counteract the theories of humanism and atheism evolution- the philosophical foundation of conservative thought?
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The Portland Declaration
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What is the piece by James Russell Lowell that described the greatness of our nation?
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The Nation and the Gospel
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Who was the Presbyterian minister that wrote America for Me?
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Henry van Dyke
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Who is the Author of John Brown's Body and A Creed for American's?
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Benet
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Who wrote Letters from American Farmers?
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Crevcure
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Which poet wrote about the fields and farms around his home in Maine?
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Coffin
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Which poet was a missionary to China and was martyred there?
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Betty Stam
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Who was the Christian statesman and orator for New England who wrote Liberty and Union?
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Webster
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Who wrote The Nation and the Gospel?
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Lowell
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What is the correspondence of sound?
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rhyme
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What is the regular recurrence of sound?
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rhythm
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What is the most obvious type of rhyme in which the repetition of vowel sounds come at the end of the line?
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end rhyme
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What is the type of rhyme in which the initial consonant sounds are the same?
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alliteration
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What is the repetition of final consonant sounds?
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consonance
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What is the repetition of vowel sounds?
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assonance
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What is the term for words that sound like what they mean?
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onomatopoeia
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Which painting was used for the American bi-Centennial postage stamp in 1976?
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Spirit of '76- painted by Willard
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Who was the self-taught artist who started painting in her 70's and painted Hoosic Falls in Winter?
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Grandma Moses
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Which painting portrays a blue collar worker participating in a town meeting?
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Freedom of Speech
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Who painted Freedom of Speech?
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Norman Rockwell
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Who was known for painting lithographs and the Pioneer's Home?
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Courier and Ives
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"Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars"
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America for Me
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"I shall not be there, I shall rise and pass, burying my heart at Wounded Knee "
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American Names
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"The American is a new man, He acts on new principles..."
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What is an American
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"They taught the nation fairness, thrift, and the Golden tongue"
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America was Schoolmasters
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"The family is the living cell of every society"
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Portland Declaration
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Who was the character who tells the story to the narrator in The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaverous County?
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Simon Wheelor
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What was the name of Jim Smileys frog?
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Jane Webster
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Which character was always betting on things in The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaverous County?
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Smiley
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Which poet was known for his biography of Abraham Lincoln?
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Sandburg
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What was the pen name of Charles Ferrar Brown?
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Artemis Ward
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What was the pen name of Henry W. Shaw?
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Josh Billings
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Who painted Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers Through the Cumberland Gap?
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Bingham
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Who painted the Fall of the Cowboy?
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Remington
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"Anyway, that suited the other man would suite him. Anyway, so long as he got a bet..."
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The Notorious Jumping Frog of Caliverus County
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"I've never felt so fervently thankful, so soothed, so tranquil as I did yesterday when I learned the Michael Angelo was dead"
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Innocence Abroad
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Who were they going to visit in the Town Poor?
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The Bray Sisters
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What had happened to the Bray Sisters?
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They lost their house
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What were the occupation of the four men in The Open Boat?
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The oiler, the cook, the captain, the correspondent
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Which character drowned while trying to reach the shore in The Open Boat?
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the oiler
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What happened to the seeker when he found the great carbuncle?
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he died
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What is the pen name of Porter?
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O. Henry
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Who wrote the Scarlett Letter?
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Hawthorne
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What kind of perspective is all- knowing?
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omniscient
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What perspective is told by a character in first or third person?
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limited
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What perspective is told with no character's thoughts or feelings?
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objective
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Letters from an American Farmer and What is an American?
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Crevevoeur
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America was Schoolmasters
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Coffin
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A Jingle of Words
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Stam
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rhyme
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the correspondence of sounds
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rhythm
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the regular recurrence of sounds
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end rhyme
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the repetition of the accented or stressed vowel sound and all succeeding sounds in words which come at the ends of lines of poetry
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Alliteration
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a type of approximate rhyme in which initial consonant sounds are the same
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Consonance
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the repetition of final consonant sounds
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Assonance
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the repetition of vowel sounds
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Onomatopoeia
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words which sound like what they mean
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They Have Yarns
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Carl Sandburg
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My Life Story ; A Business Letter
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Artemus Ward
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The Mule ; The Bumblebee
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Josh Billings
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The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
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Mark Twain
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Reflections on American Life
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Will Rogers
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Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers through the Cumberland Gap
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George Caleb Bingham
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The Fall of the Cowboy
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Frederic Remington
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Rip van Winkle
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Washington Irving
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The Pit and the Pendulum
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Edgar Allen Poe
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The Cop and the Anthem
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O. Henry
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The Town Poor
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Sarah Orne Jewett
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The Open Boat
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Stephen Crane
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The Great Carbuncle
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Rip Van Winkle- the painting
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N. C. Wyeth
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Pioneers Travelling in a Flatboat
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Felix Darley
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Homecoming
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Norman Rockwell
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The Unerring Instinct
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Thornton Wilder
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Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightning
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Mark Twain
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Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose
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John Singer Sargent
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The Albany Boat
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Gifford Beal
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Captain John Smith and Pocahontas
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John Smith
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Journal of John Winthrop
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John Winthrop
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Of Plymouth Plantation
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William Bradford
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A Key into the Language of America
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Roger Williams
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The Author to her Book
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Anne Bradstreet
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The Day of Doom
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Michael Wigglesworth
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The Bay Psalm Book
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Richard Mather
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Meditation One
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Edward Taylor
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The Courtship of Madame Winthrop
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Samuel Sewall
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My Journey from Boston to New York
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Sarah Knight
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Poor Richard's Almanac
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Benjamin Franklin
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Psalm 137
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Timothy Dwight
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The Battle of the Kegs
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Francis Hopkinson
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On Being Brought from Africa to America; A Funeral Poem on the Death of C.E., and Infant of Twelve Months
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Phillis Wheatley
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The Definition and Origin of Language
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Noah Webster
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In what play did Lenora Thorpe tell Belinda to watch out for certain types of people?
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The Unerring Instinct
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What type of people did Lenora warn Belinda about?
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The Smiths
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Who wrote The Unerring Instinct?
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Wilder
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Who painted "Carnation, Lily; Lily, Rose"?
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Sergeant
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Who wrote "Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightning"?
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Mark Twain
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Who entreated someone to preserve John Smith's life?
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Pocahontas
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Whom did the pilgrim's choose as their first governor?
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Carver
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Which poem describes the rebels trying to sneak into the city of Philadelphia?
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The Battle of the Kegs
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Who wrote "Of Plymouth Plantation"?
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Bradford
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Who was the first poet to write verse in America?
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Anne Bradstreet
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