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