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Unit 3 Flashcards

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Franklin wrote his autobiography because he desired to

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Provide a record of the circumstances of his life for his posterity

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Benjamin Franklin stressed right living as the means to happiness, but he encouraged _____________ toleration.

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Religious

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He read the “____________” over and over. It was the basis for his _____________ ______________, and he wanted to ___________ it.

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Spectator, writing exercises, imitate

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Franklin was raised as a

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Presbyterian

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Name the religious principles Franklin accepted

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1) God exist and created the world and we are governed by his providence.
2) The soul is immortal.
3) Crime will be punished and virtue rewarded either this life of the next.
4) The most acceptable service of God is doing good to man.

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What did Franklin not accept about Jesus?

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That Jesus lived, died, and resurrected.

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What was Franklin’s view of Jesus?

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That Jesus provided the best system of morals that ever was or that ever will be but he probably wasn’t divine.

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What did Franklin pray to God for?

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He prayed for wisdom to practice his plan for moral perfection.

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Franklin purposely omits what from his plan for moral perfection?

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Distinguishing principles of religion

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What was the purpose of relating the Father Abraham story?

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To show that the people considered the maxims in Poor Richard’s Almanac to be useful for governing their lives.

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What is worse than taxation by government?

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Personal idleness, slothful ness, pride, and folly.

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What was the people’s response to Father Abraham’s advice?

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They agreed with it, but did not follow it.

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England sent convicts to the colonies to

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Improve and sufficiently populate the colonies

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Thomas Paine entered the political debate with England by writing

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Common Sense

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Thomas Paine’s most famous work, ______ ____________ _________, was inspired by the

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The American Crisis; colonists defeat on the first major war

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After the war, Thomas Paine received

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Nothing for his services that would make him financially stable.

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Paine excelled in making ____________.

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Concepts

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Critics agree that Paine’s genius lies in ___________ rather than __________.

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Style; thought

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Paine did not always weave his beliefs about __________ into all of his writings

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Religion

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Paine served as the major spokesperson for ___________________

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Rationalism

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Paine writes God will assist the colonists not the king because

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The colonists tried not to have war

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“What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly” referred to

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Freedom

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The Age of Reason was providentially hindered due to the fact that it was

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Published during America’s second major revival

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Paine praises Jesus’ morality, but Paine attacks the biblical account of resurrection and ascension proving

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Paine wasn’t clearing and truthful himself

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What does Paine believe about the institutions of churches?

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He believes here set up to terrify, enslave mankind, and monopolize.

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William Bartram wrote

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Scientifically with rich descriptions

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What was Bartram’s other profession?

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Botanist

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“The Travels” combines first-person narration of Batram’s experiences with scientific description of

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Portions of the Southeast.

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What literary genre are Bartram’s works?

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Travel literature

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Bartram does not express or reflect the

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Atheistic view of nature or the biblical view either.

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What made Bartram’s literature piece, Travels, especially significant ?

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His emphasis on scientific observation and its literary merit

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Why does Bartram feel more at ease at the end?

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He doesn’t feel like he’s going to be attacked.

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Freneau has been called

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Early America’s first truly American poet.

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Freneau was

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deistic and pantheistic

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A doctrine that equates God with the forces and laws of the universe.

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Pantheism

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Define pantheism

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A doctrine that equates God with the forces and laws of the universe.

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What does Freneau’s poetry reflect

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A shift in the literary emphasis from 18th century neoclassic style to 19th century romantic style

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What was the difference of Freneau’s poetry compared to those of the puritan’s?

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It showed a fundamental shift in the view of God and man.

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What is the genre of “To the Memory of the Brave Americans…”?

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Elegy

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Define elegy

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A song or poem expressing sorrow

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A song or poem expressing sorrow

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Elegy

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Describe the significance of the allusion to The Parthian Calvary

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The Calvary shot arrows at its enemy while on retreat, just like the British who retreated and retreating slew.

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“On the University and Other Attributes…”

The line “All that exist, upon him lean” refers to

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God’s omnipotence (all powerful”

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How are deist synonymous to atheist?

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Deism is a movement or system of thought advocating natural religion based on human reason rather than revelation emphasizing morality. In the 18th century it denies the interference of the Creator with the laws of the universe.

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“On a Honey Bee”

Define burlesque

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Satire which mocks its subject by incongruous imitation either of its style or content.

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Satire which mocks its subject by incongruous imitation either of its style or content.

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Burlesque

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Define apostrophe

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Figure of thought - the address of some nonpersonal (or absent) object as if it were able to reply.

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Figure of thought - the address of some nonpersonal (or absent) object as if it were able to reply.

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Apostrophe

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“On a Honey Bee” employs the technique of ____________ by

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Burlesque; elevating a trivial subject

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“The Wild Honey Suckle” Theme:

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The brevity of life

50
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“The Wild Honey Suckle” illustrates the neoclassic tendency

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toward didacticism

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Wheatley had an excellent education emphasizing

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History and literature

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