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
A short story set in present time that makes a reference to Romes Coliseum
Allusion
In death there is life
Paradox
Taylors comparison between cloth making and God the granting of graces in his poem
Make me Thy loom then, knit Therein this twine
Thine ordinances make my fulling Mills
Conceit
The storm of protest was nipped in the bud
Mixed metaphor
The one year-old in The carrier family is Hannah
True
The carrier family is moving from Salem to Andover
False
Iron Bessie is the slotted spoon used to punish the children with beatings
True
The Reverend of the Andover meetinghouse is Reverend barnard
True
Andrew is the 16-year-old brother who went ahead of the rest of the family to help prepare grandmothers house for the families arrival
False
Sarah’s father, Thomas, is 7 feet tall, and other men fear him
True
Sarah’s mother is Ann
False
Jane is the six year old sister in the family
False
The family is unknowingly bringing smallpox to Andover with them
True
Thomas must see the selectmen of the town and give an oath of fidelity to the town, and then he must make sure that he and his family go to meeting every week
True
Reverend Dane and Barnard get along very well
False
Hannah is the firs in the Carrier family to be afflicted with smallpox
False
They are moving into the grandmothers house
True
The stockades of Andover were necessary because of constant flooding
False
Thomas breaks the quarantine by taking Sarah and Hannah back to Billerica to Aunt Mary, keeping them away from the sickness
True
The family is read the Bill of Isolation which quarantines everyone in the house because of Andrews illness (smallpox)
True
Sarah expects Reverend Danes sermon to be very encouraging and full of patience for the parishioners
False
Grandmother gives Sarah a kitten to keep her company on the journey to Billerica
False
Selectmen are very kind and patient with new people and help them in any way they can to adapt to their new surroundings. Their duty is to help people get settled in their community.
False
Sarah’s aunt and uncle are Mary and Roger Toothaker
True
Sarah notices that Uncle Roger loves to talk and tell stories
True
Henry asks his father to tell the girls the story of the Headless Horseman
False
Uncle Roger sees how close Sarah and Margaret are becoming and starts calling them strangers
False
Aunt Mary shares with Sarah that Martha was very gentile and patient when they were children
True
Sarah and Hannah now live with their cousins, Margaret and Henry
True
Grandmother brought Martha to this plain to allow her to get rid of her pent up anger toward her mother
True
We find out from Martha that Roger cheated Sarah’s grandparents out of land
False
Sarah screamed at her mother accusing her of taking everything she loved away from her
True
Uncle Roger pointed at Sarah and warned her in a threatening way that he was watching her whole family
True
Martha took Sarah to Apple Plain, a giant meadow or field
False
Sarah bitterly blamed her mother for all the family’s troubles
True
Martha beat Sarah with Iron Bessie for screaming at her in accusation
False
Leaning over Uncle in a very familiar way was Phoebe Chandler
False
Sarah saw Uncle Roger at the tavern when she went to Chandlers to buy beer for her parents
True
Sarah was so angry that she had wished her mother dead, but she couldn’t tell her that
True
Martha told Sarah that she could say whatever she wanted and however she wanted to her this one time
True
Grandmother had first brought Martha to the plain when Martha was Sarah’s age
True
Uncle Roger brings Sarah a gift from Margaret
True
Roger, Thomas, and Martha have a long talk and reconcile their differences
False
Sarah examines the scarecrow in the field and realizes that it is wearing her fathers uniform jacket from the wars in England
True
Mercy Williams accosts Sarah after meeting and threatens her
True
The Preston’s cow gets loose and wanders into the Carriers corn field. They keep the cow and make it their own
False
Sarah shouts to Uncle Roger that she isn’t like her mother
True
Roger was found dead in his cell the day after Thomas visited him
True
Martha had a clean cell and was able to bathe everyday
False
Richard and Thomas shared the rest of the chores, including taking food and clothing to Martha
True
Sarah did not cry when she heard of Rogers death
False
Sarah, with help from Hannah, took care of the chores her mother took care of as well as she could
False
The community shunned them except for the Allen’s
False
Sarah torments Phoebe and a childish attempt to gain revenge
True
Sarah thinks that her father may have had something to do with Rogers death because of the resolute knowingness that had settled around fathers eyes at Roberts news
True
Tom overheard Richard telling Sarah what it was like at the trials with the girls screaming and pointing fingers
True
Sarah and Tom deny all charges
False
Sarah and Tom are arrested and taken to Salem
True
Aunt Mary is glad to see Sarah
False
There was a dangerous scene involving a rabid Wolf
False
Mercy Williams comes to the jail to barter food for clothes
False
When she testifies against Sarah, Phoebe is terrified of the girls who are the accusers
True
Most of the prisoners treat each other with kindness
True
Sarah find aunt Mary and Margaret in her cell
True
Sarah is able to speak with her mother and Richard
True
Tom protects your sisters from the animal and killed it
True
Margaret’s voice says, you cannot harvest the corn until you go into the corn
True
How did they say the Carrier family was responsible for the death of 13 people
Brought smallpox
What happened to the narrator’s cousin Margaret
Kidnapped by native tribe
Who moves in with the narrator’s family
Mercy
The sheriffs wife would come to the cell to do what
Barter clothing for food
With whom does the narrator stay
With an aunt and uncle
What does the narrator doing the meetinghouse that draws looks
Laughs
What was stolen from the narrator by Mercy
A needle
What medium is used for this work
A first-hand account of events
When was the first time the narrator’s father held the narrator as far as could be remembered
After her brothers were jailed
What does the narrator say she will do to the doctor if he takes brothers arm
She will curse him
The narrator and her cousin are called what by the uncle
The twins
What is the dominant physical feature of the narrator’s father
He is tall
What does the narrator trade with cousin Margaret
A poppet
Why was the narrator sent to Billerica
Andover had smallpox
What were the two words the 80 year old man said as they piled stones on top of him
More weight
When they began to release prisoners, who were the first to go
Children of Andover
What is mercys backstory
She was kidnapped by native tribe and orphaned
What does Mercy say Richard did
Made her pregnant
What is the secret the narrator must keep about the narrator’s mother
Her Redbook
What does Mercy do to the narrator in the graveyard outside the meetinghouse
A bite on the ear
The narrators father was rumored to have killed
King Charles I
After the narrator’s mom and uncle fight, where is the next place the narrator sees the uncle
The in drinking ale with a woman
Where does the narrator’s mom take the narrator to vent her feelings
A field out beyond the family plot where her mother took her
From who’s perspective is the story told
Lydia’s grandmother
Of what does Cousin Allen accuse the narrators family of
Taking his grandmothers land from him
What happened when the lightning struck the tree
The field burned
The mothers advice to the narrator was to
Tell the court anything they wanted to hear
What did the narrators brother do to prove he was not useless
Diverted and Shot a rabid dog
In whose house does the narrator live in Andover
A grandmothers
What was cousin Allen doing in the barn
Setting a fire
What does mother give to the narrator to eat in the field as they talk
A mushroom
What eventually happened to the narrators uncle
Committed suicide according to Dr. Ames
Narrator focuses on all the characters
Third person omniscient
Fully developed character who’s complex, revealing several sides to his/ her personality and growing and changing as the story progresses
Round character
Story is told by one of the characters in his or her own words- use of first person pronouns
First person
Main character in the story
Protagonist
Inscription on a tombstone or a short poem written in memory of someone who’s died
Epitaph
The Raven by Poe
Repetition
Patrick Henry asking a lot of questions
Rhetorical Question
What Frankin composed himself to be put on his tomb
Epitaph
Beat Beat Drums! - Blow Bugles Blow
~Whitman
Parallelism
Trust thyself; every heart vibrates to that iron sting
~Emerson
Aphorism
The narrator is not a character in the story at all but is telling about the characters in the story- use of third person pronouns
Third person
Short, often biblical saying that expresses a basic truth
Proverb
Sequence of events or actions in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem
Plot
Vantage point from which a narrative is told
Point of view
Use of phrases, clauses, or sentences that are similar or complementary in structure or meaning
Parallelism
Question suggesting its own answer or not requiring an answer
Rhetorical Question
One-dimensional character , often revealing a single personal quality and staying the same throughout the story
Flat character
Time and place in which events in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem occur
Setting
Terse, pointed statement expressing some wise or clever observation about life
Aphorism
General idea or insight about life that a writer wishes to convey in a lit work
Theme
Person, animal, thing, or natural force appearing in a lit work
Character
Book of months and days for one year with weather predictions, a wide variety of miscellaneous info, and proverbs
Almanac
Repetition of words, sounds, or phrases for effect- a sound device in poetry
Repetition
Narrator focuses on only one character
Third Person limited
Character who opposes the main character or who is against the main character
Antagonist
