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Roger Williams

A man of conviction and contention

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The Bay Psalm Book

The first book printed in the English colonies

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Meter

the regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line

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Poetic foot

each two- or three-syllable unit in a line of poetry

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Lamb

one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable; most common foot in English

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Common Meter

has a pattern of eight, six, eight, six syllables

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Anne Bradstreet

Tenth Muse

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Metaphor

an imaginative comparison of two dissimilar things, which can be implied or stated, brief or extended

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Simile

a comparison using like or as

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Personification

gives human characteristics to nonhuman objects or entities

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Apostrophe

an address to an absent person, abstraction, or object

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Biblical revelation

What had the final word for matters of life and godliness

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Protect

What did Roger Williams believe that was the only role of the government

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Roger Williams

Who is the co-founder of Rhode Island

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Key into the language of America

What book did Roger WIlliams write about the natives language

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Roger Williams

Who advocated for separation of church and state

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Tetrameter and trimeter

What does the common meter alternate between

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Metaphysical Poet

explorers intellectual and theological subjects

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Conceit

a striking, often elaborate comparison carried out in considerable detail

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Paradox

a statement that seems to be self-contradictory yet actually makes sense when understood in the right context

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Stanzas

divisions of a poem based on thought, meter, or rhyme

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Couplet

a stanza containing two lines

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Quatrain

a stanza containing four lines

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Sestet

a stanza containing six lines

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Heroic Couplet

comprised of lines of iambic pentameter rhymed in pairs

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Imagery

descriptive words or phrases that appeal to sense perceptions to create an impression

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Jonathan Edwards

Who preached the most famous sermon in American history

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Samson Occom

Father of American Indian Literature

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Red Indian

Seneca Indian

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Autobiography

a work of nonfiction in which an author tells his own life story

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Speech

oral, public communication

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Deism

Rose out of the 18th century age of reason

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Samson Occom

Father of American Indian Literature

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Red Indian

Seneca Indian

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Speech

oral, public communication

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Parallelism

use of similar structure in two or more phrases, clauses, or sentences

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Rhetorical Question

a question that requires no answer because the implied answer is obvious

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Benjamin Franklin

Colonial Printer

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Characterization

the art of portraying a character in a narrative directly (though telling) or indirectly (though showing)

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Cultural Context

the beliefs, customs, and thoughts characteristic of the time and place in which a work of literature was created

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Patrick Henry

“give me liberty or give me death”

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Rhetorical figures

depart from the normal, literal use of language in order to achieve a special effect

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Antithesis

the use of syntactic parallelism in two adjacent phrases or clauses to emphasize their contrasting meaning

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Speed

not faster than your brain can process what you are saying; vary speed according to content

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Rhythm

help emphasize key points; use punctuation

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Flexibility

shifting speeds and rhythms to reflect the meaning to the text

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Thomas Paine

Radical Rationalist

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Propaganda

the use of emotional appeal to bypass reason

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Thomas Jefferson

Second Vice President and Third President of the United States

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Deduction

reasoning from a general truth to a specific conclusion

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Anaphora

deliberate repetition of words or phrases at the beginnings of grammatical units

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Phillis Wheatley

ought as a personal servant in Boston

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Neoclassical

adhering to the rules of genre and emphasizing clarity, order, decorum, the rule of reason, and didacticism

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Didactisim

instruction in literature

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Heroic Couplet

a pair of rhymed lines in iambic pentameter

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Blank verse

unrhymed iambic pentameter

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Diction

choice and use of words in speech or writing

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Thomas Paine

Who wrote the age of reason

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Religious and Moral

What subjects did Phillis Wheatley write about

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Laws of nature and human reason

What did the church of England use

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Native Americans

Who did Roger Williams purchase Rhode Island from

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Iambic foot

In the bay psalm book what foot did they use

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Brother and law

Who published Anne Bradstreet work

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Inadequate

How does Anne Bradstreet feel about praising God

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Spiritual

What did Anne Bradstreet focus on rather than earth

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Jobe

Who does Anne Bradstreet reference

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Sinners in the hand of an angry God

What is the most famous sermon

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Discrimination

What did Samson Occom face

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Honesty and fairness

How would colonist have to change according to Red Jacket

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Autobiography

Benjamin wrote what type of literature

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Deism

What did Benjamin Franklin believe in

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Philadelphia

What city did Benjamin Franklin runaway to

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13

How many virtues does Benjamin Franklin have

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Vanity

What is Benjamin Franklin’s main virtue

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Order and silence

Which of the 13 virtues gave Benjamin Franklin the most trouble

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George Whitfield

What evanglist did Benjamin Franklin praise

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Patrick Henry

Who said give me liberty or give me death

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To the University of Cambridge in New England

“Father of Mercy thy gracious hand”

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Anne Bradstreet

Who was the first women to publish literature

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Child

What did Anne Bradstreet compare the author to her book to

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tree and sun

What 2 elements of nature did Anne Bradstreet compare

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House and heart

What 2 examples of apostrophe did Anne Bradstreet use

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Poor Richard's Almanack

What is benjamin franklin's first book

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Virginia

What state was Patrick Henry governor of

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Major premise, minor premise, conclusion

What are 3 parts of syllogism

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Neoclassical

What type of writing styler did Philis Wheatley use

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Astronomy

What science did Philis Wheatley compare to the knowledge of God

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England

Where was Phillis Wheatley book published

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Anne Bradstreet

Who wrote the author to her book

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Anne Bradstreet

Who wrote from contemplations

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Anne Bradstreet

Who wrote here follows some verses upon the burning house

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Anne Bradstreet

Who wrote to my dear loving husband

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Edward Taylor

Who wrote Upon a Spider catching a fly

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Phillis Wheatley

Who wrote to the university of cambridge in New England

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Phillis Wheatley

Who wrote on being brought from Africa to America

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Symbolism

What is not an element of propaganda?

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Biblical text

What is the first part of the Puritan sermon structure?

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Syllogism

The declaration of independence is an example of what type of writing?

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