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132 Cards in this Set
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metaphor
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a direct literary comparison
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simile
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a comparison using like or as
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personification
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giving characteristics to something not human
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symbol
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something that represents something else
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satire
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literary sarcasm
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irony
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opposite of what you think
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onomatopoeia
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sound words ( bang, boom, pop)
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hyperbole
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literary exageration
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paradox
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contradiction of terms
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what were 3 general reasons why people came to settle the New World?
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- religious freedom
- political freedom (governmentally oppressed) - wealth/ riches/ oppurtunity |
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what were the 8 distinct character types of the people who came to the New Land?
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-explorers
-native Americans -pioneers -settlers -divines -poets -philosophers -statesman |
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Who were some of the explorers who came to the New Land?
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Christopher Columbus
Cabeza de Vaca Robert de Lasalle |
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Who were some of the native Americans who came to the New Land?
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Osage
Navajo Iroquois League |
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Who were some of the pioneers who came to the New Land?
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John Smith
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Who were some of the settlers who came to the New Land?
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William Bradford
William Byrd |
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Who were some of the divines that came ot the New Land?
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Jonathan Edwards
Edward Taylor |
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Who were some of the poets that came to the New Land?
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Anne Bradstreet
Phillip Freneau Phyllis Wheatley |
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Who were some of the philossphers that came to the New Land?
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Jean de Crevecoure
Ben Franklin |
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Who were some of the statesmen that came to the New Land?
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Thomas Paine
Thomas Jefferson |
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the northeren colonies were generally occupied by who
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puritans
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the southeren colonies were generally occupied by who
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Cavaliers
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The Osage native americans believed that they were born to who?
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the Sun and the Moon
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The Osage believed that their existence was a result of what?
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the relationship between people and nature
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which animal did the Osage recognize, why?
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the elk; finest and most stately animal.
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The Navajo native Americans believed that their existence reflected what
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independence between them and their environment
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how many worlds did the Navajos believe existed
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4
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the 4th world is what world
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the current world
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the 4th world is known as what?
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" the glittering world"
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the native americans were what at the lesser worlds?
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combinations of gods and animals
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the native americans were what in the 4th world?
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more human-like
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in each world what existed forcing them to a higher world with the help of their god (navajo)
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conflict
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who is the Navajo god
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Begochiddy
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Cabeza de Vaca was from where?
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spain
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What year did Cabeza shipwreck?
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1527
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where did Cabeza shipwreck?
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off the Texas coast
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Where did Cabeza explore?
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Southwestern United Sates area along with Northern Mexico
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How long did Cabeza explore?
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8 years
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what is the title of Cabeza's journal account of his exploration
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The shipwrecked man
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what award did Cabeza recieve for his accomplishments?
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governship of Argentina
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describe Cabeza de Vaca's writing style
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fairly simple, straightforward, and literal, yet clearly ahead of his time
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how many Native American tribes were in the Iroquois League?
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6
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What was the purpose of the Iroquois League?
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to unite into a single league (Iroquios League) to prevent fighting and war among its members
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who attended councils from the Iroquois League?
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confederate lords (appointed leaders)
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what was the puroise of the councils under the Iroquios League?
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to draft the Iroquois Constitution
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what was the Iroquois Constitution?
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an oral document established to keep the peace
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John Smith helped establish what, where, when?
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the first English colony in America at Jamestown in 1607
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John Smith was rescued by who, according to legend?
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Pocahontas
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What did John Smith write in 1608?
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A True Relation
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What is significant about John Smith's A True Relation
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It is the first English book written in America
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What did John Smith write in 1616
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Description of New England
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John Smith's Description of New England was what?
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a grandiose "recruitment speech" to get other British people to come over to the New World
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describe John Smith's writing style
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clearly an English flair and in this essay, highly embellished
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William Bradford talent was what
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highly self-educated; fluent speaker of several languages
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describe how William Bradford was religiously
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very religious
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William Bradford was a what?
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pilgrim
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what, where, when, why were the pilgrims
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broke away from the Church of England and came over on the Mayflower, settlin at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620
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William Bradford was elected what?
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governor of Massachusetts
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how many times was William Bradford re-elected
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30
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What was William Bradford's only published work?
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The History of Plymouth Plantation
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describe William Bradford's writing style
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Puritan Plain Style ( simple, unadomed language with all content interspersed with direct and suitable references/inferences to his faith in God)
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What was Johnathan Edwards occupation
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Puritan Minister
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What did Johnathan Edwards preach about?
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hellfire and damnation ( very negative and pesimistic view of spirituality)
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what was Johnathan Edwards considered to be as a child
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near-genuis
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What college and at what age did Johnathan Edwards go to college, and at what age did he graduate?
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entered Yale University at age 13 and graduated at age 16
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What did Johnathan Edwards powerful preaching result in?
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"The Great Awakening"
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What was "The Great Awakening"
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a massive religious revival that was an annual event for over a decade
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What is a perfect example of Johnathan Edwards' preaching style
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"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
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what did Johnathan Edwards' " Sinners in the Hands pf and Angry God" lead to?
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dismissal by his own congregation
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describe Johnathan Edwards' writing style
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effective use of metaphor; extremely pessimistic and gloomy tone
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where was Anne Bradstreet born?
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England
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what was Anne Bradstreet's level of education?
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had more formal education than most women of her time
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What is Anne Bradstreet generally considered to be?
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the first significant American female poet
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What were Anne Bradstreet's feelings about her poetry?
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she was somewhat secretive about it
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Why was Anne Bradstreet somewhat secretive about her poetry?
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she was afraid that her Puritan elders would disapprove of it
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What was her first volume of poetry?
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The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up In America
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what was Anne Bradstreet's poetic style?
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dominant subject/ theme for her poems was her Puritan faith and her family, husband, and home- she also adheres to a strict, Old English dialect and makes extensive use of figurative language
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Where was Edward Taylor born?
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England
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Where did Edward Taylor come to at a young age
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America
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Where did Edward Taylor go to college?
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Harvard University
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Besides being a poet what were Edward Taylor's other occupations? Where and for how long did he do these jobs?
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physician and pastor in the same rural community for 58 years
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Edward Taylor was probably the first what?
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America's execellent poet
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Edward Taylor's poetry was discovered when and where?
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1939 in the Yale University library
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How did Edward Taylor feel about his poetry, and why did he feel this way?
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he was very secretive about his poetry for fear of the Puritan community's dissapproval
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describe Edward Taylor's poetic style
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used complex intellectual metaphors called" conceits"- his poetry is characterized by its religious themes and his use of simple objects and situations from everyday use
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Where was Philis Wheatley born?
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Africa
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What happened to Phillis Wheatley as a child, and at what age did this happen?
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she was kidnapped and brought on a slave ship to America at age 8
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who purchased Phillis Wheatley as a slave?
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John Wheatley
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when she arrived in America what was the first thing Phillis learned, and who taught it to her?
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to read and write by Wheatley's wife
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At what age did Phillis Wheatley begin writing
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14
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At what age was Phillis Wheatley's first work published?
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17
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What was Phillis Wheatley's status as a writer?
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widely published and acclaimed in both Europe and America
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At what age did Phillis Wheatley die?
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31
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describe Phillis Wheatley's poetic style
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word effecient, fairly strict metrical pattern, and ironically deos NOT display in her poetry any real sign of her cultural background or ethnic dialect (probably because of her aristocratic, white, educational background)
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How was Ben Franklin educated?
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he was self-educated and self-made
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What were the many jobs that Ben Franklin did?
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writer, diplomat, scientist, inventor, musician, philosopher, and foefather)
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What did Ben Franklin create in literature?
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America's first literary folk hero
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Who was America's first literary folk hero and in what writing do we find him
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Poor Richard in Poor Richard's Almanac
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Who wrote Poor Richard's Almanac?
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Ben Franklin
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name the three poets we learned abou in this unit
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Anne Bradstreet, Edward Taylor, and Phillis Wheatley
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What was Ben Franklin's pen name?
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Silence Dogood
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Who was Silence Dogood?
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a midle-aged widow
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At what age did Ben Franklin retire, and what allowed him to do this?
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44; through wise investing and excellent business skils
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when did Ben Franklin enter politics
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after his retirement
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what was Ben Franklin elected and appointed to do?
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he was elected to the 2nd Continental Congress and also appointed to the committee to draft the Decleration of Independence
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What did Ben Franklin do later in his life?
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became an American ambassador to France?
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What is Ben Franklin's best literary work?
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The Autobiography
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What were a few of Ben Franklin's most prominent inventions?
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lending library, bifocals, lightning rod, the Franklin stove, and Daylight saving time
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describe Ben Franklin's writing style
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highly philosophical, metaphorical, and satirical
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Where was Jean de Crevecoeur born?
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France
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Where was Jean de Crevecoeur educated?
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England
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Where did Jean de Crevecoeur mostly live?
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Canada
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What side was Jean de Crevecoeur on in the American Revolution
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he was unwilling to take sides
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What side did most people believe Jean de Crevcoeur was on in the American Revolution?
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British
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Who was among Jean de Crevcoeur's circle of literary friends?
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Ben Franklin
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What was Jean de Crevcoeur best literary work?
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Letters from an American Farmer
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What did Jean de Crevcoeur's wrting promote
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immigration to America
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describe Jean de Crevcoeur 's writing style
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he created a new genre called " the literary letter"- he coined the phrase referring to America as the "melting pot"
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What is Thomas Jefferson's literary fame a result of?
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his writing of the Decleration of Independece
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the Decleration of Independence can arguably be considered as what
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America's greatest document
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What was Thomas Jefferson's economic status
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aristocrat; owned Virginia plantation
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What were Thomas Jefferson's other occupations
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lawyer by profession but also an architect
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describe Thomas Jefferson's political progression
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Virginia house of Burgesses, Virginia delegate to the 2nd Continental Congress, governor of Virginia, minister to France, Secretary of State, Vicepresident, and finally U.S. president (3rd) from 1801-1809
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What did Thomas Jefferson spend the majority of his time doing in the later part of his life?
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establishing the University of Virginia
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What are the 3 key parts to the Decleration of Independence
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-classic intro " we hold these truths to be self-evident..."
-specific listing of complaints against Britian -Overly wordy conclusion |
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Thomas Paine is an excellent writer of what?
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Revolutionary War pamphlets
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What was Thomas Paine's most famous pamphlet?
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" Common Sense"
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What does Common Sense contain
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many of the same grievances against King George as Jefferson later put in the Decleration of Independece
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What is the title of a series of 16 pamphlets that Paine wrote during the Revolutionary War
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The American Crisis
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What was the goal of The American Crisis that Paine wrote
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boosting the sagging morale of the colonists, particularly the fighting men (militia)
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What is the most popular pamphlet in The American Crisis
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"Crisis #1"
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What are the 2 key items to Crisis #1?
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deeply religious undertones and 2 memorable quotes
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What are the 2 memorable quotes from Crisis #1?
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" These are the times that try men's souls"
-"Tyranny , like hell, is not easily conquered" |
