Midterm Flashcards
The new world’s natural environment was a vast, rugged desert region
False
The new environment was initially a frightening reality to colonists in which disease, animals, harsh weather, and starvation posed mortal dangers
True
Religious people portrayed the wilderness as a sacred place filled with angels
False
Native American songs and legends showed the connection between people and nature
True
A theme is the central idea or insight in a literary work
True
Three themes dominated early American literature: wilderness, finance, and individualism
False
American colonists realized that there were a few unique features about their new environment that had nothing in common with their previous European experience
True
Early American writers reflected the social and political forces of their society, and they also influenced those same forces
True
One of the many rolls of American writers was that of revolutionary writers who’s great political writing helped to inspire the revolution
True
Smith praised the leader before him as having accomplished great things
False
John Smith made himself a hero in this narrative by writing the piece in third person. He did not referred to himself as a I but as Captain Smith as if someone else were praising his character and accomplishments. He pictured himself in this way as saving everyone and accomplishing all things easily but nobody else could accomplish
True
Smith was a failure, and the colony did not succeed
False
Smith referred to the Native Americans as barbarians and savages
True
When Smith was captured, Pocahontas helped to save him
True
John Smith was a very modest, humble leader
False
During the first winter, the pilgrims were very comfortable
False
During their first winter, many pilgrims suffered from scurvy, and many died of other illnesses
True
In this narrative, William Bradford is conveying the idea that the pilgrims perseverance courage and faith in God allow them to surmount enormous odds and to make a new life in this new world
True
During the voyage to the New World, the Mayflower needed repairs
True
The pilgrims help one another deal with the illnesses during that first winter
True
The pilgrims experiences during that first winter suggest that Plymouths climate was pleasant and that it’s landscape was lush and bountiful and easily supplied their needs
False
On the ocean, the pilgrims experienced fierce storms
True
William Bradford and the other pilgrims showed gratitude to God for their survival
True
Puritans believed that every man, woman, and child needed leisure time
False
Southern colonies consisted mainly of small farms
False
Europeans began to show interest in colonizing North America by the end of the 17th century
False
Although there was a great diverse city among the colonists, certain elements were common among them: fascination with the technology, desire for fair government, and focus on practical matters
False
One common form of writing used by the Puritans was drama
False
Pilgrims were also known as separatists
True
Puritans came to America to establish a city upon a hill that would stand as a holy example and show the church of England the way
True
The majority of Europeans who came to settle in North America where adventurers looking for gold
False
The planting aristocracy of the southern colonies believed in public service
True
Native Americans and European colonists interacted-exchanged ideas, values, believes. New Americans resulted from this exchange. Both groups were forever changed, and the flavor of the colonies was no longer quite European
True
The middle colonies were known for their religious tolerance
True
The literature of the Native Americans was always written on bark
False
Columbus kept a journal that form the basis for his reports to Ferdinand and Isabella
True
There is a difference between Pilgrims and Puritans
True
Early colonial writing was practical and linked to life work and beliefs
True
Thomas Jefferson founded the university of Miami
False, he founded the University of Virginia
Patrick Henry could move his listeners to anger fear or laughter more easily than the most talented actor
True
Both Franklin and Jefferson helped to frame the declaration of independence and were also signers
True
Ben Franklin was self educated and self-made, and as a printer, author, scientist, musician, philosopher, inventor, diplomat, and statesman, he was considered a Renaissance man
True
Patrick Henry was considered the worst orator of the American revolution
False
Michel-Guillaume Jean De Crevecoeur wrote about the transformation of Americans into Europeans
False
Ben Franklin advocated moral mediocrity as can be seen in his autobiography
False
Patrick Henry’s most famous line, give me liberty or give me death, came from his speech in the Virginia convention
True
Thomas Paine was known for his rhetoric and persuasiveness
True
Thomas Paine wrote common sense in which he argued that Americans must fight for independence
True
Phyllis Wheatley was a literary phenomenon in that she was a female slave who published sophisticated poetry in her second language
True
Edward Taylor was the only American colonial poet of the metaphysical school of poetry
True
Jonathan Edwards was an eminent theologian who’s preaching sparked the great awakening
True
Anne Bradstreet’s to my dear and loving husband is written in the most common meter in American and English poetry iambic pentameter
True
John Smith was the first successful leader of the first successful English colony in America
True
William Bradford was reelected as governor of Plymouth colony two times
False
Anne Bradstreet was America’s first published female poet
True
A cultural revolution occurred in the midst of the revolutionary period
True
The core of American identity and expression is the Declaration of Independence, the single most significant literary and political work of the 18th century
True
The war of words began in 1763 with religious intolerance and finally led to the American Revolution
False
The American Revolution was fought not only with weapons but with thousands of pamphlets, essays, songs, poems, and speeches
True
Writers of the revolutionary period (1760-1800), reflected the age of romanticism believing that by using reason, people could manage themselves and society without depending on authorities or past traditions
False
The colonists who settled Plymouth had faced a long ocean voyage, confronted a new strange land, and faced a harsh winter
True
Distinctive handling of language
Style
A writers choice of words, particularly for clarity, effectiveness, and Precision
Diction
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Couplet
Something that seems self-contradictory but which has a valid meaning
Paradox
A humorous story that is outlandishly exaggerated
Tall tale
For comparison has become so commonplace that it seems literal rather than figurative
Dead metaphor
A brief reference to a person, event, or place (Real or fictitious) or to a work of art
Allusion
Emotionally powerful symbols that are used to suggest a meaning and mood-also a movement in France
Symbolism
Sensory details that make a work vivid-bring it alive-details that appeal to the senses
Imagery
A comparison used throughout a work
Extended metaphor
Implied or stated comparison between two unlike things-one thing is the other
Metaphor
Use of two or more inconsistent metaphors in one expression (makes no sense if taken literally)
Mixed metaphor
Does not directly state that one thing is another
Implied metaphor
A comparison of two unlike things using like or as, ten, or resembles
Simile
Employees wit to ridicule subject
Satire
Exact repetition of sounds of two or more words
Rhyme
A poetic foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by stressed syllable
Iamb
Kind of metaphor that makes a comparison between two startlingly different things
Conceit
A pair of rhymed verse lines and Iambic pentameter
Heroic couplet
Authors attitude towards his subject
Tone
The sun that brief December day
Rose cheerless over hills of gray
Couplet
