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1
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what was settlement literature

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pamphlets trying to persuade Europeans to settle in the new land

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2
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key settlement writer

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smith

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3
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three pillars of puritanism

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grace
plainness
divine mission

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4
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What did Cotton Mather write

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The Great Works of Christ in America

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When did Cotton Mather write the great works of christ in america

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1702

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6
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puritan poets

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anne bradstreet and edward taylor

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7
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1608

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John smith wrote a true relation of virginia

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8
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who was john smith

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mapmaker

named cities

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9
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1624

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John Smith wrote the general history of virginia

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10
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what did the general history of virginia bring

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the american dream

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11
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1630-1647A

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William Bradford - History of Plymouth Plantation

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12
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1650

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Anne Bradstreet - The Tenth Muse

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13
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1700

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Edward Taylor wrote Preparatory Meditations

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14
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1704

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Sarah Kemble Knight - The Journal of Madam Knight

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15
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1729

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William Byrd - History of the Dividing Line

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16
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1741

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Jonathan Edwards - Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

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17
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exploration literature gave way to

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settlement literature

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18
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what is revealed in the general history of virginia

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natives helpful, not savage

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19
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four elements of plot

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conflict, complications, climax, resolution

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20
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what is bradford known for

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free enterprise, thanksgiving, and no king

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21
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bradford’s tragedies

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wife died

youth abandoning religion

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22
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bradford has a deep sense of what

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God’s providence controlling everything

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23
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Bradford religiously

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vast knowledge of Bible

alludes to Scripture constantly

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24
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what did bradford show

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how Christian charity is powerful in tragedy

how natives were very helpful

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25
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Bradford’s godsend with natives

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two who spoke English

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26
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relations with the native americans

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simple rules gave peace for 24 years

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27
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what does internal conflict deal with

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thoughts
values
feelings
temptations

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28
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what is the ornate style

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flowery
gaudy
showy
verbose
lengthy
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29
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who used the ornate style

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rationalists

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30
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which style influenced most future writers

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plain

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31
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when did Anne Bradstreet get married

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16

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32
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when did she come to america

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18

33
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what did she do

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wrote poems and helped establish Andover

34
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different publications of her poems

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second in plain style

35
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bradstreet affectionate poem

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to my deer and loving husband

36
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theme of to my dear and loving husband

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good marriage can be a foretaste of eternal happiness

37
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serious poem bradstreet

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her house burnt down

upon the burning of our home july 10 1666

38
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theme of upon the burning of our home july 10 1666

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she took comfort and strength in reflecting on not becoming attached to things here and looking beyond to that heavenly home

39
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who was edward taylor

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preacher who wrote poems on Saturday to prepare for preaching

40
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taylor’s style

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ababcc stanza in all his poems,

41
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how many poems did taylor write

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thousands

42
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what is Taylor known for

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striking metaphors

43
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what poem did we read by taylor

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huswifery

44
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theme of huswifery

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he compares himself to a spinning wheel and loom where God transforms the wool of his life into a beautiful robe to glorify Him

45
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what did Sarah knight do

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took a business trip for boston to ny and back and kept a journal which she published

46
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what do we read about in knight

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her travel on horseback and in canoe
people
religious groups
customs
and leisure times in NY
47
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what does Byrd have and how did he get it

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huge plantation in VA

inherited and built up

48
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where did byrd live

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grew up in England

came to the US at 30

49
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what did byrd do in england

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trained to be a lawyer and scientist

50
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what genre did byrd write in

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many

51
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how did byrd see himself

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as a gentleman involved civically in the lives of others

52
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what does byrd’s journal talk about

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the difficulties involved surveying the border between VA and NC

53
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what was byrd’s goal

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to amuse his british audience

54
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how can you tell byrd’s goals

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inclusion of tall tales

55
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Who was Jonathan Edwards

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a powerful preacher during the great awakening

56
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when did edwards go to yale

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13

57
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who did edwards marry

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sarah pierrepont

58
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who was pierrepont

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a woman devoted to God and known for her sweetness

59
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what was sinners in the hands of an angry God

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spontaneous sermon

60
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what does sinners in the hands of an angry God do

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presents a God filled with wrath, who is compared to a flood, a bow, and a fire

61
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what is the tone of sinnners

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serious and urgent

62
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why is the tone of sinners urgent

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he wants sinners to repent and to give their lives to Christ

63
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what happens at the end of sinners

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mercy and hope are offered

64
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rhetorical devices in sinners

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pathos, logos

65
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what is pathos in sinners

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open door of mercy

allusion to Lot at Sodom - climactic

66
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what is logos in sinners

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everyone is changing so join in

67
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what do mather edwards and franklin have in common

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showed Europeans that America had its share of geniuses too

68
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hints to adjective clause

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who whose which

69
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hints to adverb clause

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before, after, as, when, while, until, because, since, as if, as though, although, if

70
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hints to noun clause

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that what how why where

71
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participle

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look like verbs, ing and ed
function like adj
can be removed

72
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absolute phrase

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noun participle
inserting was or were makes it a sentence
possessive pronoun

73
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appositive

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noun or noun phrase renaming the noun beside it

usually begins with article

74
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semi colon

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used to join two independent clauses whose ideas are closely related

75
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colon

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list

explanation

76
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dash

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interruption
interesting detail
abrupt change of thought
afterthought

77
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gerund

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looks like a verb - ing

functions like noun

78
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how can noun function

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subject, direct object, object of preposition, predicate noun
appositive

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