ENGLISH 11 SEMESTER 2
the first book to be written in America was Smith's _____
A True Relation
an englishman who wrote essays about travel, truth, riches, and other serious subjects was
Bacon
one of the earliest American autobiographies was written by _____
Benjamin Franklin
the two English poets who wrote literary essays about poetry were
Coleridge Wordsworth
the selection illustrating the idea that "the pen is mightier than the sword" is _____
Jefferson's letter to Paine
the word essai, or essay was first used by a french man named
Montaigne
Addison and Steele's periodical the Tatler eventually included
a single essay satire educational material entertainment
Reader's Digest and Science Digest are examples of the _____ type of magazine
anthology
an author's story about himself is _____
autobiography
in an effort to be published, Franklin the boy _____
changed his handwriting on an anonymous paper
the types of issues commonly dealt with by editorials are:
economic political social
an essay type of writing stating the opinions of the publisher is called a(n) _____
editorial
"give me liberty or give me death" is an example of _____
ethos and pathos
two styles of essays are
formal informal
Franklin claimed to have heard and understood the conversation of ephemera, a type of _____
insect
the houses built by Byrd were constructed of _____
logs, with pine and cypress shingles
2 of the most popular forms of nonfiction are:
magazines newspapers
the ephemera's lifespan was so short that it measured its life by _____
minutes
french writings, similar to essays were called
pensees (thoughts)
satire
the use of sarcasm or irony to attack or ridicule an idea considered to be foolish
the questions a newspaper article should answer are:
who, what, when, where, how
aphorism
witty, concise sayings