English 1121 Test
John Smith
A True Relation
Deuteronomy 31:6
Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.
New England Primer
First elementary schoolbook in the New World
Edward Taylor
Housewifery
John Winthrop
Journal and The Christian Experience
Michael Wigglesworth
The Day of Doom
Anne Bradstreet
The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America
rhyme scheme
a, b, a, b
complete sentence
always has a subject and a verb and can stand alone
Guideline 2
distinguish between the foolishness of this world and the wisdom of God
Guideline 1
exercise discipline and control over what you allow to come into your mind
literature
is a collection of the writings of a group of people
sentence fragment
is a group of words that cannot stand alone as a sentence
grammar
is the rules for correct speech and writing in a language
run-on sentence
is two sentences spliced together with a comma and is also called a comma splice
the Bible
the most influential book in the lives and literature of Colonial America
Bay Psalm Book
the puritan hymn book and first book printed in the New World
normal sentence order
the subject comes before the predicate
Inverted sentence order
the subject follows the predicate, or the verb is divided by the subject
Simile
uses like or as to compare two things
Anne Bradstreet
wrote the best American verse of the 17th century
Micheal Wigglesworth
wrote the longest poem of the Colonial Period
imperfect rhyme
"Surpriz'd they are in such a snare"
perfect rhyme
"Virgins unwise, who through disguise"
Cotton Mather
Magnalia Christi Americana
William Bradford
Of Plymouth Plantation
Jonathan Edwards
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
John Eliot
Translation of the Bible into Indian languages of the Massachusetts Indian tribes
Guideline 4
read what is profitable for spiritual growth
Guideline 3
reject that which glorifies sin
Metaphor
says one thing is another thing
