Puritain/writers/literaryterms Flashcards
Community guided in all aspects by the bible
City upon a hill
The puritans hoped to establish a _______
City upon a hill
The chosen form of government would be a ____ for the puritans
Theocracy
A state under the immediate guidance of God
Theocracy
The puritans arrived at Plymouth in …?
1620
Bay psalms book was published in…?
1640
The ____ book was the first published book on this continent
Bay psalm
In ____ the tenth muse published
1650
In ____ the Salem witchcraft trials began (also when puritans fizzled out)
1692
The great awakening begins in ___?
1741
Name some things that the puritans believed in?
Limited atonement, predestination, total depravity, irresistible grace
The idea that Jesus’s sacrifice had earned Gods forgiveness, or grace, only for the few “elect”
Limited atonement
The idea that at the beginning of time an omnipotent God predestined who would be saved
Predestination
The idea that all men were born corrupted by original sin
Total depravity
The idea that the election of any man is ordained by God. No man could earn his way into heaven by good works
Irresistible grace
America’s first poet was…
Anne Bradstreet
Anne Bradstreet arrived in America in ____.
1630
Anne brad streets famous work was entitled ____.
The tenth muse lately sprung up in America
Bradstreets poetry expresses two important Puritan themes:____ and ____.
God and domestic life
To restate in your own words
Paraphrase
Two lines that rhyme, the line has about ten syllables and every other one is stressed
Iambic couplet
Word choice and it indicates the poets style
Diction
Anne brad streets poetry shows what style?
Puritan plain style
The arrangement of words in sentences
Syntax
The type of syntax in which the sentence elements are placed out of normal position
Sentence inversion
___ ____ was one of the group of puritans who believed the Church of England was corrupt. They fled to holland to North America
William Bradford
Who was elected governed of Plymouth thirty times?
William Bradford
_____ established good relations with the native Americans (waponog Indians)
William Bradford
William Bradford wrote_____.
Of Plymouth plantation
_______ is the only account of the voyage to America on the mayflower
O Plymouth plantation
Of Plymouth plantation was not published until more than ____ years after it was written
200
Puritan plain style is characterized by …?
Short words direct statements and references to ordinary everyday objects
____ ____ was called “the first American” because he is considered America’s first millionaire
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin invented…
The swim fin the 1st fire department in Boston the lightning rod odometer bifocals daylight savings time and a rocking chair that swatted flys
Benjamin Franklin signed …?
The declaration of ind.
the treaty with France the peace treaty with England and the constitution
A short saying with a message
Aphorism
Franklin wrote ___ _______ it describes his rise from poverty to affluence it was written at the urging of his friends and was never completed
The auto biography
___ ____ ____ was an annual publication that contained information observations and advice. It was very funny and profitable written by Franklin
Poor Richards almanac
____ ____ was one of the most powerful and persuasive Puritan ministers
Jonathan edwards
Who entered Yale college at age 13 and graduated valedictorian of his class?
Jonathan edwards
Jonathan Edwards was largely responsible for the ___ ____
Great awakening
___ ____ was dismissed from the church at Northampton because of his passionate convictions about grace
Jonathan edwards
Who was elected president of Princeton university but died a few days after taking office
Jonathan edwards
Formal public speaking and is almost always persuasive
Oratory
Speech given from a pulpit usually in a house of worship and in colonial America it was the most popular literary form
Sermon
When a writer makes reference to another price of literature the he knows the reader will understand
Allusion
The original model from which something was made adds a deeper dimension for listeners
Archetyoes
“I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”- was said by
Patrick Henry
The author of two of the most fiery speeches of the revolution
Patrick Henry
Who was elected governed of Virginia five times?
Patrick Henry
Author of the Virginia constitution and led the movement to add a bill of rights
Patrick Henry
Accused of treason when he delivered his fiery denunciation of the stamp act and his response was “if this be treason, make the most if it!”
Patrick Henry
Repetition of grammatical structure
Parallelism
What are the five elements of persuasion?
Repetition, restatement parallelism rhetorical questions and allusion
3rd president if the us
Thomas Jefferson
Who founded the university of Virginia, was a skilled violinist, and was an art enthusiast
Thomas Jefferson
Who established the public school system, designed his own home, invented the dumb waiter, and created the decimal system for American money
Thomas Jefferson
_____ ____ personal library became the basis for the library of congress
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson doubled the size of the nation by making ___ _____ ___
The Louisiana purchase
Jefferson’s home was called the ____.
Monticello
Was the most influential document in American history details the philosophy of the colonial revolutionaries and outlines their experiences with a tyrannical king (written by Jefferson)
The Declaration of Independence
Writing that presents an argument, or message meant to get readers to think or act in a certain way
Persuasive
Persuasive writing appeals to…?
Emotion logic ethics and authority
_____ _____ was not really an American he was born in England
Thomas Paine
Paine came to America in ____ because of Franklins urging
1774
Thomas Paine wrote ____ ____. It was a 47-page pamphlet that favored revolution. Published in 1776
Common sense
Thomas Paine wrote ___ that was 16 essays
The crisis
___ ____ was read aloud to Washington’s troops before crossing the Delaware river
The crisis
After his death ___’s grave site was vandalized and no one knows what became of the body
Paine
After the American revolution Paine became involved in the French Revolution and wrote ____ ____ ____ _____.
The rights of man
_____ was imprisoned for pleading against the execution of the French king
Paine
While in prison Paine wrote ___ ___ ____ ____ an attack on organized religion which angered Americans
The age of reason
Style if writing with three characteristics: rhythm slight alliteration an balance
Aphoristic
When a writer compares two similar situations implying that the outcome of one will resemble the outcome of the other
Argument by analogy
Words that contain strong connotations likely to produce an emotional response
Changed words
Errand into the wilderness means
To create a place free to worship
The general overall message
Theme
An example of ____ is how Paine likens the king of England to a common theif
Argument by analogy
What is the main purpose if Patrick Henry’s speech in the Virginia convention
To encourage the Virginia house of burgesses to arm the militia
