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Colonial Period
Kirkland Exam Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| genre | a type of writing |
| tone | the way the author feels about his subject |
| victual | food |
| famished | extremely hungry |
| omnipotent | all powerful |
| repose | rest |
| boon | close |
| cumbersome | difficult to handle |
| sundry | various |
| antipodes | opposites |
| pallisades | stakes used to make fence posts |
| mollify | to soften |
| victualed | supplied with food |
| chide | scold |
| peril | danger |
| planters used what writing element that puritans did not | humor |
| 1st book published in colonies | Bay of Psalms Book |
| whose printing press was the first book published and when | Stephen Daye, 1640 |
| Archbishop of Canterbury | Thomas Becket |
| best friend of archbishop | King Henry II |
| the trouble between the archbishop and best friend | Henry wanted control |
| 1st American poet | Anne Bradstreet |
| who was a special instrument of God and why | Squanto, he knew English and helped teach Europeans agriculture |
| governor of Mass. Bay Colony | John Winthrop |
| best of Puritan poets | John Smith |
| 2 healthy people among Mayflower colonist | Reverend & Captain |
| theocracy | government ruled by church |
| how many people were on the Mayflower? | 100 people |
| predominant genre of Colonial Period | journal/diary |
| 2 differences between Puritans and pilgrims | Puritans= members of Church of England & wanted to purify it; made theocracy Pilgrims= separated from the church; wanted church and state separate |
| Puritans & Planters contrasted 4 ways | Puritans= small homes; Mass Bay Colony; wanted to purify church; material possessions were a hindrance to faith Planters = large plantations; Virginia; contempt with church; sophisticated way of life with material possessions |
| Pocahontas symbolizes who? | Native Americans |
| John Smith symbolizes who? | colonists |
| Rescue symbolizes who? | the ability to get along with one another |
| 3 basic beliefs of Puritans | simplicity, grace, divine mission |
| 3 reasons puritans used simple language | easy for all to understand, suited way of life, bible/god spoke simply and they couldn't make it any more simple |
| John Smith's writing | gave glory to himself; contained no religious content |
| William Bradford's writing | gave glory to God; contained religious contentq |
| writing that contained a providential view of history | Edward's sermon >> he told about God's feelings toward man |
| 3 genres we studied during this Colonial Period unit | journal/diary, histories,hymns |
| From Edwards Sermon: people were compared to: | chaff on summer's threshing floor, spider hanging over fire just like how God is keeping us from falling in pit of hell |
| From Edwards Sermon: God's anger was compared to: | furnace, bow and a pulled back arrow |
| 3 things slave narratives include | unendurable suffering, attempt to escape, human cruelty |
| define simile & give example | comparison of 2 things using "like" or "as" ex. God's anger LIKE a burning furnace. |
| define metaphor & give example | comparison of 2 things using "is" ex. God's anger IS raging waters. |
| define allusion & give example | reference to something author assumes the reader knows ex. Canterbury Tales/Bible |
| define archaic word & give example | old and out of date word ex. thy, thee |
| define ambivalence & give example | having contradicting feeling toward something. ex. John Smith thought Native Americans were helpful and savages |
| define lyric poem & give example | writer expresses emotions ex. Anne Bradstreet & her sadness with the fire |
| define epithet & give example | nickname, detailed description ex. Squanto - special instrument of God |
| conceit in Huswifery broken down: wool --> yarn= | knowledge of scripture |
| conceit in Huswifery broken down: yarn --> cloth= | sacraments |
| conceit in Huswifery broken down: garment is made= | grace is received |
| tone of Edward's sermon vs. the tone of Bradford's writing | Edward's = fearful; passionate Bradford's = thankful; grateful |
| From Edwards Sermon: the people's wickedness compared to: | lead |
| From Edwards Sermon: the people's righteousness compared to: | spiders web |
| define conceit & give example | comparison of 2 things that are very differet and are developed through the whole thing (extended metaphor) ex. the way flies get caught is the way hell catches man |
| Persuasive elements and how they apply to Jonathan Edwards' | the speaker, the occasion, the audience, the means of persuasion |
| application to "the speaker" persuasive element (Jonathan Edwards) | Edwards was a qualified Puritan minister |
| application to "the occasion" persuasive element (Jonathan Edwards) | it was a sermon given during the time of the Great Awakening, a religious revival in the colonies |
| application to "the audience" persuasive element (Jonathan Edwards) | sinful puritans (very guilty and relatable for what he's preaching) |
| application to "the means of persuasion" persuasive element (Jonathan Edwards) | uses fear, hope and figurative language to emphasize his ideas/feelings |
| overall conceit in "Huswifery" | compares how a woman makes clothes for her family to God's grace for the Puritans |
| Compare Anne Bradstreet's writing with Edward Taylor's | both wrote about God and glorified him; both puritans |
| Contrast Anne Bradstreet's writing with Edward Taylor's | Anne- archaic words; wrote about life after death Edward- conceit; wrote about sinners compared to strong Christians and gods grace |
| define a Canterbury tale & give example | tall, exaggerated tale ex. man who used louse and paper to make compass |
| define inversion & give example | reverse of the normal order of words ex. let no man know is my desire ex 2. my sorrowing eyes aside did lust |
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