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1
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Literature promoting exploration changed at the end of the 16th century to literature promoting . . .

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settlement

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what was not a part of settlement literature?

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religious freedom

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When did the puritans come to America

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1620

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what brought settlers to america

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land
good wages
other benefit

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three keys to puritanism

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plainness
divine mission
grace

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what was not an emphasis of puritanism?

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intuition

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did puritans write poetry

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yes

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8
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what did michael wigglesworth write about

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judgment day

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Were there many puritans by the revolution?

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no

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literature differences between the north and the south

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north - inward lit

south - outward lit

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what early writers share with modern writers

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desire to convey the special quality of life in america

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12
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who was powhatan

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an Indian chief

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13
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what did smith not do

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tell the Europeans about gold

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longest and most important work of smith

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the general history of virginia, new england, and the southern isles

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15
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what did smith say about the president

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did not respect him

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16
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what did smith give the natives

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a compass

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17
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what did powhatan not do

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give smith pocahontas in marriage

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18
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did powhatan mistreat the men

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no

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19
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how many indian languages contributed to the english language

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200

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20
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what people did columbus encounter when he first landed in the americas

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arawak

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21
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three myths associated with the americas

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untold treasures
faster trade route to China
Earthly paradise with cure for all diseases
fountain of youth 
rivers filled with gold
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how did europeans learn about the benefits of settling in the americas?

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books

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chief forms of writing among the puritans

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spiritual autobiography
puritan histories
poetry

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who wrote a history including the salem witch trials

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Magnalia Christi Americana
The Great Works of Christ in America
Cotton Mather

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first book published in america

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the bay psalm book

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which poem was the most popular literary work of its day

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Day of Doom - Michael Wigglesworth

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revival of puritanism in the 1740s

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great awakening

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ideal of conduct among southern plantation owners

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generous self controlled gentleman, attentive to manners and aware of obligation to serve the public

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29
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first known theater in north america

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williamsburg, virginia

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30
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why did the colonists depose Wingfield the head of the colony

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the president was escaping the hardships

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reasons for colonists’ hardships

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sickness
weakness
bad leader
no food
bad lodging
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32
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who kept the colonists from starving

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God and the native americans

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33
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what did smith give powhatan

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compass
cannons
millstone
toys

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34
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what was smith charged with at jamestown

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double murder

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35
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american historical periods

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new 
expanding
struggling
maturing
experimenting
reshaping
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36
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new nation - years and subtitles

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1600-1800

Puritanism and Rationalism

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37
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characteristics of puritanism

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Sermons
•Personal Narratives
•Plain Style
•Authority of Bible & church

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38
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characteristics of rationalism

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Political pamphlets
•Ornate Style
•Persuasive Writing
•Patriotism

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39
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history of puritanism

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Person’s fate determined by God
•All are corrupt and must be saved by Christ
•Settlement of British Colonies in America

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40
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history of rationalism

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Revolutionary War

•Instructive in values

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41
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puritans

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William Bradford
•Mary Rowlandson
•Jonathan Edwards
•Anne Bradstreet
•Cotton Mather
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rationalist

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Thomas Jefferson
•Benjamin Franklin
•Thomas Paine
•Patrick Henry

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43
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expanding nation years and subtitles

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1800-1860

romanticism and transcendentlism

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characteristics of romanticism

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VALUE FEELING & INTUITION
•IMAGINATION
•MYSTERY
•POETRY
•SHORT STORIES
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history of expanding nation

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Expansion of magazines, newspapers, and book publishing
•Slavery debates
•Industrial Revolution: “Old ways” of doing things are now irrelevant

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expanding nation writers

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Washington Irving
•William Cullen Bryant
•James Fenimore Cooper
•Emily Dickinson

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characteristics of transcendentalism

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American Renaissance”
•Self-Reliance
•Individualism
•Inner-Light
•Idealist
•Utopia
•Nature's lessons
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characteristics of anti-transcendentalism

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Dark Romanticism”
•Symbolism
•Sin, Pain, & Evil

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transcendentalist writers

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Henry David Thoreau

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anti-transcendentalist

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

herman melville

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struggling nation years and subtitles

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1860-1910

realism, regionalism, naturalism

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characteristics of realism

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Ordinary People
•Real-life, Every-day events
•Objective Narrator
•Open Interpretation
•Slave Narratives
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characteristics of regionalism

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Local color”
•Dialect or vernacular style
•Social customs and mannerisms

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characteristics of naturalism

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Fate rules above all; man has no control
•Nature acts against mankind
•Society is seen as a laboratory for the study of human behavior and a shaper of it

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55
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history of struggling nation

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Civil War & post Civil War
•Influence of Sigmund Freud & Charles Darwin (diminishes faith)‏
•Demand for “truer” type of literature that does not idealize people or places

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realism writers

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Walt Whitman
•Henry James
•William Dean Howells

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regionalism writers

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Henry Timrod
•Sidney Lanier
•Frederick Douglass
•Kate Chopin
•Mark Twain
•Harriet Beecher Stowe
•Sarah Jewett
•Bret Harte
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naturalism writers

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Stephen Crane
•Paul Laurence Dunbar
•Theodore Dreiser
•Jack London
•Willa Cather
•Upton Sinclair
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a maturing nation years and subtitle

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1910-1950

modernism

60
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characteristics of modernism

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Pessimism
•“American Dream”
•Emphasis on image
•Lost Generation
•Beat Generation
•Use of interior monologue & stream of consciousness
•Plays, poetry, novels
61
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history of modernism

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WW1 & WW2
•“Jazz Age”/ “Roaring 20’s”
•Harlem Renaissance
•The Great Depression
•Karl Marx
•Rise of youth culture
•Civil rights and equality
62
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modern writers

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  • Mary Antin
  • Edgar Lee Masters
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Robert Frost and Carl Sandburg
  • T.S. Elliot
  • John Steinbeck and William Faulkner
  • Langston Hughes
  • Ezra Pound
  • William Carlos Williams
  • Eugene O’Neill, Tennessee William, Thornton Wilder, Arthur Miller
63
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experimenting nation subtitle and year

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postmodernism

1950 - 1980

64
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characteristics of post modernism

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Mix of fantasy with non-fiction
•Media culture interprets values
•Narratives
•No heroes
•Emotion-provoking
•Humorous Irony
•Storytelling
•Autobiographies
•Individual isolation
•Social issues (ethnic & feminist)‏
65
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history of postmodernism

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Post WW2 prosperity
•New century & millennium
•Space exploration
•Korean War
•Vietnam War
66
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postmodern writers

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James Baldwin
•Ernest Hemingway
•Katherine Anne Porter
•Saul Bellow
•Bernard Malamud
•John Updike
•Eudora Welty
•Flannery O'Connor
67
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a reshaping nation years and subtitle

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relativism

1980-2010

68
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characteristics of relativism

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No absolutes
•No sins; tolerance
•Individualism and cultural diversity
•Apathetic: “whatever”
•Little commitment
•Progress (science answers all)‏
69
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history of relativism

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Gulf War
•Iraqi War
•Advances in technology

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relativism writers

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Toni Morrison
•Amy Tan
•J.D. Salinger
•N. Scott Momaday
•Rita Dove
•Harper Lee
•Elizabeth Spenser
•Merrill Joan Gerber
•David Gates
71
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main themes in american lit

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Innocence to Discovery
•The American Dream
•The Land, the Frontier, the Road
•The Hero
•The Diverse Cultural Community
•Equality for all
•Freedom and Love (family, marriage)‏
•Wealth and Death (violence and war)‏
•Religion and Faith
72
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what is the acronym for rhetoric

A

pleases

73
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what does pleases stand for

A 
purpose
listeners
exigence
appeals
structure
effect
strategies
74
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about purpose

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reasons for writing or for the speaker speaking
hope to accomplish
what the audience should do with the situation placed before them

75
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about listeners

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about the audience

exigence, attitude, rapport

76
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two levels of audience

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primary or immediate audience

secondary or future audience who will draw from the present situation

77
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what is exigence

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background
occasion
history

78
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significance of background

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what elements led the persuader to communicate

79
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occasion

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what prompts the persuader to talk about that then

80
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history

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what is their situation

81
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three appeals

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logos pathos ethos

82
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structure

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organization and form
arrangement of ideas and sequence of thoughts
significance of paragraph placement
particular writing type

83
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effect

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persuade
confirm
move to action
inform
stir up
challenge
comfort
edify
inspire
84
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strategies

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diction
syntax
emphasis

85
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diction

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why these words

86
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syntax

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why this particular structure

87
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emphasis

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why this figurative language, repetition, or highlight

88
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what are rhetorical devices

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basic devices a writer uses to tell a story explain a point or argue a position

89
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rhetorical strategies

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examples, contrasts, causes, classifications, processes, definitions, narration, and description

90
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what is style

A

unique writing pattern

91
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elements of style

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subject matter
selection of details
point of view
diction
imagery
attitude
tone
pacing
syntax
organiation
deductive-inductive
time
transitions
active passive
types of sentence flow
attitude
92
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What did John Smith write in 1608

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a truel relation of virginia

93
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1624

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John smith

general history

94
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1640

A

bay psalm book

95
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unknown

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edward taylor

poetical works

96
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1650

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anne bradstreet

the tenth muse lately sprung up in america

97
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1662

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michael wigglesworth

day of doom

98
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1683

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new england primer

99
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1702

A

cotton mather

magnalia christi americana

100
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1704

A

sarah kemble knight

the journey of madam knight

101
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1729

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william byrd

the history of the dividing line

102
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1741

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sinners in the hands of an angry God

jonathan edwards

103
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1732-1757

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Benjamin Franklin

Poor Richard’s almanac

104
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1767

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first american play

prince of parthia

105
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franklin begins autobiography

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1771

106
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1773

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phillis wheatley

poems on various subjects, religious and moral

107
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1776

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Thomas Paine
Common Sense
Thomas Jefferson
The Declaratoin of INdependence

108
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1776-1783

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thomas paine

the crisis

109
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1782

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letters from an american farmer

michel-guillaume jean de crevecoeur

110
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first american novel published

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1789

the power of sympathy

111
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the book begins with a reference to

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christopher columbus

112
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where did christopher columbus land

A

san salvador

113
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for how many years were the europeans actively exploring the americas

A

50

114
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cortes

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besieged Mexico City for 93 days until he destroyed it and exterminated the aztecs

115
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cabeza de vaca

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walked across nearly 2/3 of america looking for settlement

116
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tall tales

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people sleep under water
king became giant after having his bones stretched
people with hard tails

117
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what happened at the end of the sixteenth century

A

interest changed from exploration to settlement

118
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draw to america

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food plentiful

poor might own land

119
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how many puritans

A

100

120
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next shipment of puritans

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1000 in boston

121
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what were puritans trying to do in england

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reform the church

122
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what is grace

A

God purifying feelings

123
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three puritan values

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grace, plainness, divine mission

124
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about plainness

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eliminating church traditions

125
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divine mission

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their lives in the new world as missions

126
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how did puritans track their grace

A

diaries

127
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what does magnalia christi americana say

A

lives of the leaders of new england
conflict with Indians
witchcraft trials at Salem

128
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two big puritan poets

A

anne bradstreet and edward taylor

129
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what was the bay psalm book

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translation of the BIblical book of psalms

130
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first american best seller

A

day of doom

131
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juxtaposition

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poetic and rhetorical device in which normally unassociated ideas words or phrases are placed next to one another, creating surprise

132
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natural order of a sentence

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subject before predicate

133
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inverted sentence

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predicate, subject

134
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split sentence

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predicate subject predicate

135
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balanced sentence

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phrases balance each other by their likeness or struckture

136
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loose sentence

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makes sense before ending

137
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periodic

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only makes sense at the end

138
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compound

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2 independent clauses

139
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complex

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an independent and a dependent

140
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telegraphic

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shorter than 5 words

141
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large sentences

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30 plus

142
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concrete

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specific

143
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abstract

A

general

144
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who owned day of doom

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1 in thirty five in new england

145
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what happened to religion

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attacked in the new age of reason

146
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when did puritanism revive

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1740s

147
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what was the time called when the puritans revived

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great awakening

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