15 Week Test Flashcards
William Billings
Chester
William Bradford
Of Plymouth Plantation
Anne Bradstreet
The Tenth Muse
William Brown
The power of sympathy
William Byrd
The history of the dividing line
Jean de Creveceour
Letters from an American farmer
John Dickinson
Liberty Song
Jonathan Edwards
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Olaudah Equiano
The Interesting Narrative
Benjamin Franklin
Poor richard’s almanac
Thomas Godfrey
The Prince of Parthia
Patrick Henry
Speech in the Virginia convention
Thomas Jefferson
The Declaration of Independence
Sarah Kemble Knight
The journey of madam knight
Cotton Mather
The great works of Christ in America
Thomas Paine
The crisis
John Smith
The true relation of Virginia
Edward Taylor
Preparatory meditations
Phyllis Wheatley
To his excellency general Washington
Michael Wigglesworth
Day of doom
Jonathan Edwards did
Yale at 13, married Sarah pierrepont
Missionary to Indians
Cotton Mather
Master’s at 19
15 kids
382 works
7 languages
When did the war of words begin?
1763
america’s first novel
Power of sympathy
Was the poor richard’s almanac successful
Yes
virtue that gave Franklin trouble
Order
Henry and his theme of fighting the British
Not in the second paragraph
Paine success?
None
Wheatley’s first volume of poems
Not Philadelphia and paid for by Franklin
What does Wheatley not praise Washington on
Physical
Rhetorical triangle
Speaker, subject, audience
Context
Pleases
Purpose Listeners Exigence Appeals Structure Effect Strategy
Paine’s argument
Thief you fight
How many people were hanged historically
19
Christian war in 15-17centuries against
Witches
How many in Salem followed Paris
25%
What helped lead to the end of the witchcraft trials
A sermon
How many puritans in great migration
10000
To whom was a specter visible
The afflicted
Who were the first accused
Sarah good, Sarah Osborne, ti tuba
In what month was the last hangings
September
How old was Abigail Williams
11
Who had difficulty in making cash deals
Farmers
What did Mary warren say about ti tuba
Nothing
Does Abigail confess to calling the devil
No
What does hale say about tituba being a slave
Nothing
How many besides the 2 Sarahs were accused at the beginning
9
Rebecca nurse and hale
Doesn’t advise his use
Parris and slavery
First minister to demand a slave
Giles and parris
Complemented his strong character
How many were in jail when the proctors first talked
14
How many are in jail according to Mary warren
39
Who closes act 2
Mary
How many sentenced to hang on danforth’s signature
72
Who was reasoning with the court at the start of act 3
Giles Corey
Who is pro lawyer
Hale
What did proctor do when Abigail was freezing
Attacked and insulted her
What causes contention among the citizens
Cows
Biblical character mentioned in the scarlet letter
Daniel
Where had master prynne dwelt
Amsterdam
Summary of book
Frailty and sorrow
Custom house designed to be
Humorous
Who tries to get Hester to confess
Brother dimes dale
Grammar
Hee hee bleeeh
“There’s a coincidence today. On this day three hundred and ninety years ago, the great explorer Sir Francis Drake died aboard ship off the coast of Panama. In his lifetime the great frontiers were the oceans, and a historian later said, ‘He lived by the sea, died on it, and was buried in it.’ Well, today, we can say of the “Challenger” crew: Their dedication was, like Drake’s, complete.” -Ronald Reagan- The Space Shuttle “Challenger” Tragedy Address
Allusion
We’ll continue our quest in space. There will be more shuttle flights and more shuttle crews and, yes, more volunteers, more civilians, more teachers in space. Nothing ends here; our hopes and our journeys continue.” -Ronald Reagan- The Space Shuttle “Challenger” Tragedy Address
Anaphora
And I want to say something to the schoolchildren of America who were watching the live coverage of the shuttle’s take-off. I know it’s hard to understand, but sometimes painful things like this happen. It’s all part of the process of exploration and discovery.” -Ronald Reagan- The Space Shuttle “Challenger” Tragedy Address
Apostrophe
Can we forge against these enemies a grand and global alliance, North and South, East and West, that can assure a more fruitful life for all mankind? Will you join in that historic effort?” –JFK Inaugural Address
Rhetorical question
Without a healthy economy we can’t have a healthy society and without a healthy society the economy won’t stay healthy for long.”
Anadiplosis
NBC Sunday Night Football. Two groups of stalwart men will compete for the possession–and conveyance–of a midsize leather ovoid!” Entertainment Weekly
Periphrasis
She was lovely-haired and silver-footed.
Double epithet
In the US on the night of July 4th, everywhere the sky will be filled with fireworks and boom!”
Hendiadys
. It looks like a new law will soon be put into effect by Capitol Hill.
Synecdoche
The pen is mightier than the sword.
Metonymy
“I distinctly remember forgetting that.
Oxymoron
. “I the apple ate
Transposition
Improve, make better
Ameliorate
Approval
Approbation
The child was trembling, so I tried to ____ it’s fear
Assuage
I urge you to ____yourself of the idea that you can pass that course without working
Disabuse
The politician lied so often that he could not easily ___ himself to the accusations
Extricate
Notwithstanding the rapid changes over the past decades, God’s law remains ___
Immutable
Inherent, natural
Intrinsic
Insubstantial, unsupported
Tenuous
Moses admonished us to number our days and realize that life on earth is very ____
Transient
Vicarious
Jesus’s death was ____ since He suffered the punishment for all of mankind’s sins
Vocab
Hee hee
Who uses snap re do fa
Patrick Henry
What did we use
P re do fa
Snap re do fa
Situation - history Now - present situation And Proposition RE - Reasonable Explanation DO - Defeat Opponent FA - Final Appeal
