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American Literature
Semester final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mary Rowlandson | kidnapped by Indians and lived to a write a narrative about it |
| Shaman | the keeper of the tribal stories |
| Jonathan Edwards | taught that humans were like spiders hanging over hell |
| John Calvin | TULIP is an acronym for his theology |
| Henry VIII | King of England during reformation |
| King Phillip | Also known as Chief Metacomet |
| Predestination | the belief that God has already chosen whom he will send to heaven and hell |
| Covenant Theology | the belief that the Church is the new nation of Israel |
| Ata-en-sic | Her face was turned into the sun |
| Hah-gweh-di-yu | Good Native American spirit |
| The dominant culture has always treated them as equals. A problem with Native Americans or not | not |
| They are viewed by some as savages. A problem with Native Americans or not | a problem |
| They are often misunderstood and misrepresented. A problem with Native American or not | a problem |
| The dominant culture has not always considered them fully human. Problem or not | problem |
| Manifest Destiny | the belief that God destined the dominant White to take control of North America |
| The “Savage” view of Native Americans can best be described | as a savage, bloodthirsty people with no religion and not literature. |
| What was the major them of Native American literature | interdependent |
| IN “Havasupai Medicine Song” why is it important that the speaker travel to Havasupai Canyon? | because the land belongs to his people and will absorb his illness |
| Who ultimately heals the speaker in “Havasupai Medicine Song”? | himself NOT THE CANYON |
| In “Bear River Shamanic Cure,” why did the shaman decide to start treating patients? | Spirits told her she needed to start or she would die |
| What best describes the difference between the shamanic cure and traditional Western medicine? | Western medicine is based on objective scientific evidence, whereas the shamanic cure was more of a religious ceremony. |
| Puritans are not described by this | a group of English religious dissenter who wanted to reform the Roman Catholic Church |
| Total Depravity is best described by | Human beings are ultimately evil and cannot choose to be good on their own |
| “City on the Hill” | an idea of the ideal society that would inspire the Church of England to become Puritan |
| Allusion | when someone refers to something outside of the book that they assume you know about |
| What was Jonathan Edward’s motivation for delivering his sermon “sinners in the hands of an angry god”? | He wanted to convince the “unregenerate” to come back to God |
| The Elect: The Rejected as Sheep: | Goats |
| Henry David Thoreau | lived two years at Walden Pond and wrote a book on it, the Naturalist of transcendentalists |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | “Self Reliance”, Philosopher, believed in reexamining your beliefs and values |
| Why is Transcendentalism not a religion? | no deity, afterlife, or consequences of this life |
| What are the two ways of self | realization? |
| What is the Oversoul? | everything and “God” of transcendentalism |
| Why is intuition important to the Transcendentalists? | self |
| What does “miracle as monster” mean? | the biblical miracles distract us from the real miracles of life |
| What is exposition? | the background information given at the beginning of book/story |
| What are the two types of literary conflict? | external and internal |
| Who were the Dead Poets Society’s literary influences? | Coleridge, Wordsworth, Keats, Shelly, Lord Byron, Thoreau, Whitman |
| What are the three rhetorical appeals? | emotional, logical, and ethical |
| What is bifurcation? | a false dilemma, either/or |
| What is the appeal to authority? | shows what 1 person thinks, just because this person did it I should do it too. |
| What is the appeal to antiquity? | just because it’s old it’[s good |
| Who were the Dead Poets Society’s main characters? | Mr. Keating, Knox, Todd, Neal, Mr. Noland, Nuanda/Charlie |
| Who are the flat charcters of the Dead Poets Society? | Neal’s parents, Mr. Keating, Chris, Pitts, |
| Who are the round characters of the Dead Poets Society? | Neal, Todd, Nuanda/Charlie, Mr. McAlister, Knox |
| Who are the static characters of the Dead Poets Society? | Mr. Keating, Neal’s Parents, Mr. Noland |
| Who are the dynamic characters of the Dead Poets Society? | Neal, Todd, Nuanda, Mr. McAlister, Knox |
| Imagery | language which evokes one or more of the 5 senses |
| Satire | a literary term used to ridicule human ignorance or vice |
| Foil | a character that contrasts with another character and highlighting the qualities of that character |
| Rhetoric | art of persuasion |
| Holistic (whole) | interconnectedness |
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