ACELLUS ENGLISH 3

If you were writing that Jonathan Edwards' strong preaching would help people come back to God and the church by waking up some that thought they didn't need help, what lines from 'Sinners" would you use to support your thesis?

"...God is a great deal more angry with...many...in this congregation, who it may be are at ease"

Which of these lines seems to show a contradiction in Edwards' depiction of the character of God?

"...him who has loved them.../ The God that holds you over the pit of hell, abhors you..."

Which lines show that the love Anne and her husband shared was mutual?

"If ever man were loved by wife, then thee; if ever wife was happy in a man, compare with me..."

Which lines below show a contrast, a change of emotion?

"My sorrowing eyes aside did cast... Then straight I 'gin my heart to chide"

One of Bradstreet's innovations as a poet was the use of a wide range of emotions. What lines below show this contrast of emotion?

"That fearful sound of 'Fire'!' and 'Fire!' ... I blest his grace that gave and took."

Anne says she cannot repay her husband's love but prays he will be rewarded by...

"The Heavens..."

How might de Vaca's experiences among Native Americans have influenced his beliefs about them and later the way he governed them?

-De Vaca was ultimately fired from his role as governor because he felt so strongly that the enslavement of Native Americans was wrong. -Although Native Americans had several opportunities to kill De Vaca and his crew, they showed him goodwill and fair treatment. This was one of the main reasons he spoke out against their enslavement.

Important points about the Native American tradition:

-Native Americans were not just one group; they were a diversity of separate tribes (over 300 cultures, 200 languages). -There was no written language; they preferred an oral tradition of remembering and passing down. -With the coming of white man came war and sickness. Some tribes lost 90% of their people. Much of their oral tradition was also lost. -In the oral tradition that survived among the different tribes are many diverse yet similar stories. One of these is the Creation story or myth. -A representative example of this story is the Iroquois creation myth called "The World on the Turtle's Back."

What clues do we have from the poem that it took some time for Bradstreet to come to grips with the loss of her house?

21- "When by the ruins oft I past/ My sorrowing eyes aside did cast"

Simile:

A comparison using like or as.

Scruple (Noun)

A feeling of uneasiness or guilt that keeps a person from doing something.

Metaphor:

A figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things without using like or as.

Sermon (Noun):

A form of religious persuasion in which a speaker exhorts listeners to behave in a more spiritual and moral fashion.

Inverted Syntax:

A poetic device in which the expected order of words is changed. The words are switched around.

Consternation (Noun)

A state of paralyzing dismay; fear.

According to paragraph 3, what happened to the other barge that was out at sea, waiting for de Vaca's barge?

After four days a storm overtook them, and the other barge was lost.

Personification:

An object, animal, or idea is given humanlike qualities.

"If ever wife was happy in a man, compare with me, ye woman, if you can," means...

Anne feels she is happier with her husband than other women are with theirs.

Countenance (Noun)

Appearance, especially the expression of the face.

According to the text of Edwards' sermon, who are in the hands of an angry god?

Both A and B. "all you that were never born again" "All you that never passed under a great change of heart, by the mighty power of the spirit..."

Which word would be used in describing what an army doctor does to a soldier's infected wound?

Cauterize

Extended metaphor:

Compares two things at length - a continuation of a metaphor.

The twins agreed to inspect each other's work in creating new lands of the world. What did this inspection result in?

Deadly disagreement.

Pestilential (Adj)

Deadly, poisonous

Hyperbole:

Exaggeration used for emphasis.

Which type of figurative language is being used in this example: Anne Bradstreet was a rock. She stood strong and stalwart against every storm that came into her life.

Extended Metaphor

Paragraph 11: According to the sermon of Edwards, those who have been "born again" enjoy what?

Feasting, rejoicing, and singing

Figurative Language:

Figurative language helps readers relate to literature because it either describes things in great detail, or it makes a comparison that is more easily understood.

Based on the Iroquois belief in balance, why was Flint's contribution to the creation of new lands important?

Flint added opposition, the rocks and difficult rivers to navigate that balanced Sprout's good

Why did Flint change the course of the rivers so they only flowed one direction?

He was worried that, for those who came, life would be too easy and they would be too happy.

According to lines 9-10 of Bradstreet's poem, what is the reason she prays that the heavens will reward her husband?

Her husband's love for her is so great she can't repay it and so prays heaven will reward him.

What effect does the subject matter of Anne Bradstreet's poetry have on audiences today?

Her poetry is interesting to us because, besides religion, it includes things of interest to her.

If you were making the point that Equiano should have done more than be kind to his own slaves - he should actually have freed them - which of these quotes from Paragraph 9 of his own account as a slave would best support your thesis?

I envied them the freedom they enjoyed, and as often wished I could change my condition for theirs.

If you were making a point that Equiano justified himself as a slave owner because he felt that black slave owners were better than white slave owners, which of these passages from Paragraph 4 shows this thinking and would best support your thesis?

I even wished for my former slavery in preference to my present situation

According to Paragraph 24, although some of the Native Americans believed the Europeans caused the disease that killed half their tribe and 80% of the Europeans and wanted to kill what was left of them for revenger, de Vaca's host persuaded them not to. What was his reasoning?

If the foreigners had the power to cause the disease, so many of them wouldn't also have died.

Which is the best paraphrase of these lines: "If ever man were loved by wife, then thee."

If there was ever a man who was loved by his wife, you are that man.

Nominal (Adj)

In name but not in reality.

Which would you do if you wanted to make a new friend?

Ingratiate yourself to your prospective friend

Complete the following sentence: A big wave ? a novice surfer as he paddled out into the ocean.

Inundated

Jonathan Edwards' sermon illustrates what aspect of life in early America?

It illustrates the strong hold religion had on many of the settlers

Line 5-6: "That fearful sound of 'Fire!' // Let no man know is my desire." Which is another way to write these lines without using inverted syntax?

It is my desire that no man know that fearful sound of "Fire" and "Fire!"

Flint (Othagwenda) didn't like his little brother's plan because...

It would make people live too easily and be too happy.

Vanity:

Lacking in real value, hollow

Copious (Adj)

Large amounts; abundant

Which word would be used in describing a train moving down the tracks?

Locomotion

Line 27: "My pleasant things in ashes lie" Which is another way to write this line without using inverted syntax?

My peasant things lie in ashes.

Line 29: "Under thy roof no guest shall sit" Which is another way to write this line without using inverted syntax?

No guest shall sit under my roof.

According to Edwards' sermon, who are not "Iin the hands of an angry God"?

Par 11: "Many...are now in a happy state...rejoicing in the hope of the glory of God."

If you were writing about how de Vaca's experiences with the Native Americans may have influenced him to treat them humanely later in his life, which passage below would give good supporting detail?

Par 13: "They returned and brought us more fish and some of the same roots"

If you were writing about how de Vacas experiences with the Native Americans may have influenced him to treat them humanely later in his life, which passage below would give good supporting detail?

Par 19: They "sat down with us and all began to weep out of compassion for our misfortune"

Which passage below shows the contrast between what the Europeans feared from the Native Americans and What actually happened?

Par 23: "...we expected to be sacrificed; they...treated us so well...we became reassured"

If you were writing about how de Vaca came to appreciate the Native American's way of doing things, which of the passages would give the best supporting detail?

Par 25,27: "we laughed, taking it for a jest;" Natives "Think it effective, and I found it to be"

If you were writing about how de Vaca came to appreciate the Native American's way of doing things, which of the passages below would give the best supporting detail?

Par. 27: The Native American's think it very effective, and I found it to be so by my own experience.

Complete the following sentence: The infected were _?_ and had to be quarantined to protect the rest of the populace.

Pestilential

Which of the following is a synonym for copious?

Plentiful

Bereft:

Remove or deprive

According to the highlighted section of Paragraph 12, what did the Native Americans use to sustain the Europeans on Galveston Island?

Roots and Fish

"I, starting up, the light did spy, / And to my God, my heart did cry" Which of the following is another way to say these lines without using inverted syntax?

Starting up, I spied the light, and my heart cried to my God.

La Relacion (noun)

The Account.

Which of the following was one of the negative contributions the puritans made to America?

The attitudes that resulted in the Salem witch trials.

If you were writing that some of the Puritan influence in America was not positive, which evidence would give the strongest support?

The combination of Church and state, the presecution of nonbelievers, and the Salem Witch Trials.

If you were writing that some of the Puritan influence in America was not positive, which evidence would give the strongest support?

The combination of church and state, the persecution of nonbelievers, and the Salem Witch Trials.

Which of the following is a hyperbole?

The cowboy could rope a calf faster than a mosquito could blink.

In the highlighted section of Paragraph 2, why couldn't de Vaca's barge keep up with the governor's barge?

The governor had the healthiest and strongest men.

The creation story is full of instances of the Iroquois belief in balance. One of these is...

The grandmother's love for one twin and hate for the other.

Who were little Sprout and Flint creating new forests, lakes, and animals for?

The people who were about to come

locomotion (Noun)

The power to move from place to place.

Jonathan Edward's sermon illustrates what aspect of early American life?

The religious climate

According to Paragraph 24, after disease reduced the number Europeans on the Island from 80 to 15 and wiped out half the Native Americans as well, why did some of the natives wan t to kill the remaining Europeans?

They believed the Europeans were causing the disease.

If you were writing that the Puritans had a positive influence on America in the field of education, what evidence would give the strongest support?

They established free education for all, the first American college, and Boston publishing center.

Not everything the puritans contributed was positive. Their society was repressive in which of the following ways?

They were not allowed to read or write plays and novels nor listen to music.

According to paragraph 11, what happened when Equiano and the other slaves landed on the coast of Barbados?

They were pent up in a slave merchants yard to be sold.

Who was Edwards addressing his sermon to in "Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God"?

Those that have "not been born again".

Which of the following is a synonym for nominal?

Titular

Cauterize (Verb)

To burn or sear to destroy diseased tissue.

Repine:

To complain or to be low spirited

Inundate (Verb)

To cover with water; to overwhelm with a large amount.

Ingratiate (Verb)

To gain another's favor by deliberate effort.

Poets use inverted syntax for which of the following reasons?

To give their poems better meter and make their lines easier to rhyme.

What is the main reason Bradstreet shortened the word "thund'ring" in line three of her poem?

To maintain the rhythm of the poem

The story implies that if Little Sprout (Djuskaha) had created the world by himself, it would be...

Unbalanced

According to Paragraph 4 in this excerpt of Edward's sermon, what type of men are vulnerable to the pit of hell?

Unconverted men

What contrast of emotions do we see between the two highlighted sections (21-35 and 43-55)?

We see holding on to memories of past times contrasted with letting go and turning to hope/god.

Line 21: "When by the ruins oft I past" Which is another way to write this line without using inverted syntax?

When I oft past by the Ruins

Succourless:

Without succor, without comfort, without help

Archaic Language:

Words that were once commonly used but are now considered out-of-date.

An extended metaphor compares two unlike things at length. Which of these sentences contains an extended metaphor?

Your eyes are stars set in the evening sky, always shining, ever constant, guiding me to you.

In paragraph 11 of his sermon, Edwards talks about...

a day when sinners are flocking to Christ, "rejoicing in the hope of the glory of God"

The ill young woman was pushed from the sky because...

a young man was angry that she had caused the loss of their food source.

Which ending to this sentence provides the best context clues to the meaning of the underlined vocabulary word? When the new family moved in, the neighbors all ingratiated themselves...

by offering their friendship and their help.

Complete the following sentence: At the haunted house their _?_ were filled with fear.

countenances

The great tree that stood near the chief's lodge was the only source of...

food

One of the cruelties Equiano experienced as a slave that he might have tried to avoid as a slave owner is indicated in which part of Paragraph 4 on the left?

on my refusing to eat, one of them held me fast by the hands...while the other flogged me severely

Pelf:

refers to riches or gain, often in a disapproving way

Chide:

scold, rebuke

Complete the following sentence: Your _?_ won't allow you to cheat on a test or steal from the grocery store.

scruples

The puritans wanted all children - both boys and girls - to be taught to read...

so that they could read the Bible.

One element of this creation story that shows balance is...

that the world is prepared for humans by twins who are very different.

The Puritans:

• To help you remember the list of positive and negative contributions of the the Puritans, try to establish a common category for both. • Many of the positive contributions of the Puritans had to do with education (free for everyone, teaching people how to read, and publishing ideas for people to read). •The Puritans' negative contributions are linked by their extreme dedication to their faith (limiting views expressed in society, using a church-driven government, aka "theocracy," and the Salem Witch Trials.