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1st Quarter Exam Flashcards

1
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What is the style of our unit, “An Early American Collection”?

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Simple
Plain
Direct

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What is the recurring theme in our unit, “An Early American Collection”?

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God’s providence

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What is a ballad?

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[a work] written to be sung or recited and tells a story of some exciting episode

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4
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What is rhythm?

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The recurrence of motion or sound

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5
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What is meter?

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When the rhythm occurs at regular intervals

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What is a foot?

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A pattern in a line of poetry consisting of one accented syllable and one or two unaccented syllables

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What is blank verse?

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Unrhymed iambic pentameter

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What is an iamb foot?

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[unaccented][accented]

Ex: “I ám” “A wáy”

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What is a trochee foot?

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[accented][unaccented]

Ex: “máy be”

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What is an anapest foot?

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[unaccented][unaccented][accented]

Ex: sibling being a PEST; 😐😐😡

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What is the predominant genre of our unit, “An Early American Collection”?

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Journals and Diaries

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What is a dactyl foot?

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[accented][unaccented][unaccented]

Ex: a ptyraDACTYL (the accent mark is the head and the unaccented marks are the wings)

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What is a spondee foot?

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[accented][accented]

Ex: 2 SPoons

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What is a monosyllabic foot?

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[accented]

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15
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What is allusion?

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a reference to mythology, history, or a literary work

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16
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Most allusions in early American poetry were _____ allusions.

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Biblical

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17
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What is conceit?

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a strongly exaggerated simile or metaphor of 2 very dissimilar objects

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18
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Who wrote Captain John Smith and Pocahontas?

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Captain John Smith

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19
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Who was the founder of the first English settlement in the New World?

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John Smith

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20
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What was the first English settlement in the New World?

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Jamestown, Virgina

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21
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Who wrote A True Relation of Virginia?

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Captain John Smith

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22
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What was the first book in American Literature?

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A True Relation of Virginia

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True/False: Captain John Smith’s stories were always 100% accurate.

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False: written accounts of his adventures may not be totally true, but were very popular

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What is significant about Captain John Smith’s writing?

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He wrote about himself in the 3rd person.

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25
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What was the first book printed in America?

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The Bay Psalm Book

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26
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What is the metrical translation of the Psalms from Hebrew to English so that they might be sung by the puritans?

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The Bay Psalm Book

27
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Who were the three translators who translated the Bay Psalm Book from Hebrew to English?

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➣Richard Mather
➣Thomas Welde
➣John Eliot

28
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Who wrote Anecdotes from the Journal of John Winthrop?

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John Winthrop

29
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Who was the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

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John Winthrop

30
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True/False: Anecdotes from the Journal of John Winthrop is the personal account of his voyage to the New World.

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False: it Begun as journal entries during his voyage to the New World, then gradually shifts from personal entries to a more historical, religious, and political perspective

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What happened in Anecdotes from the Journal of John Winthrop, The Burden of Material Things?

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The lady had a nice piece of cloth and it got burned up. “But it pleased God…”

32
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Who wrote Of Plymouth Plantation?

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William Bradford

33
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Who is known as the “Father of American History”?

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William Bradford

34
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Who was the Governor of Plymouth?

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William Bradford

35
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What was “America’s First History Book”?

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Of Plymouth Plantation

36
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In what work was this phrase repeated: “But it pleased God”?

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Of Plymouth Plantation

37
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Who wrote A Key into the Language of America?

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Roger Williams

38
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Who was one of the first advocates for the separation of church and state?

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Roger Williams

39
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Who founded Providence, Road Island?

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Roger Williams

40
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True/False: Roger Williams was very kind to the Indians.

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True: He was known for working toward good relations with the Indians

41
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Who founded the first Baptist Church in the New World?

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Roger Williams

42
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What are the two stories we need to know from A Key into the Language of America?

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“Boast not proud English” and “The Son and Moon and Stars Do Preach”

43
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Who wrote The Author and Her Book?

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Anne Bradstreet

44
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Who was the first poet to write verse in America?

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Anne Bradstreet

45
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True/False: Anne Bradstreet’s poetry was not published until after she was dead.

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False: her poetry was published without her consent by her brother-in-law

46
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What did Anne Bradstreet (mainly) write about?

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Her relationship with God and about her personal experiences

47
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What is the main quote we need to known from The Author and Her Book?

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“Thou ill-formed offspring of my feeble brain”

48
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Who wrote Verses upon the Burning of Our House, July 10th, 1666?

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Anne Bradstreet

49
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What was Anne Bradstreet’s response to her house burning down?

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positive;
“And when I could no longer look
I blest His name that gave and took,”

50
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Who wrote The Day of Doom?

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Michael Wigglesworth

51
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Who was the most widely-read poet of Puritan New England?

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Michael Wigglesworth

52
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What was America’s first best-seller?

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The Day of Doom

53
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What is The Day of Doom about?

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judgement day

54
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Who wrote Mediation One?

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Edward Taylor

55
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Who is considered the best of the Puritan poets?

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Edward Taylor

56
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True/False: Edward Taylor wrote his poetry for private worship purposes.

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True

57
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Edward Taylor was one of the earliest American poets to use _____ in his poetry.

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metaphysical conceits

58
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What are the 3 conceits in Meditation One?

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👰🏼Bride (marriage)
☕️Cup
⚫️Coal

59
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Who wrote On Being Brought from Africa to America?

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Phyllis Wheatley

60
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Who was the second American woman to publish a book of poetry?

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Phyllis Wheatley

61
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Who was born in Africa, captured, and sold as a slave in the New World?

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Phyllis Wheatley

62
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Phyllis Wheatley was unusually _____ and _____ by her owners.

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unusually intelligent

educated

63
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Who said
“‘Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land,
Taught my benighted soul to understand”?

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Phyllis Wheatley

64
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Not sure if we need to know it cause she never really confirmed it but you should already know The Courtship of Madam Winthrop.

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