LA5 Elements of Literature
Arthur Miller's Writing
The Crucible
F. Scott Fitzgerald's writing
The Great Gatsby
1666
Upon the burning of our house
1879
Words
For which modern novel did Franklin's autobiography serve as inspiration? Select one: a. The Great Gatsby b. The Grapes of Wrath c. A Farewell to Arms d. The Catcher in the Rye
a
Rationalists believed that all people Select one: a. could think in an ordered manner, thereby improving their lives b. were sinners in the eyes of God with no hope of redemption c. could change the course of human events through prayer d. were either saved or damned, according to God's will
a
The English rationalist Sir Isaac Newton compared God to a Select one: a. clockmaker b. navigator c. magician d. mathematician
a
what is a legacy
a gift or inheritance
A brief statement of a principle
aphorism
occurs when a writer draws a comparison between two situations that are alike in certain respects to show how the logic of one idea can be applied to another idea
argument by analogy
a work written by an author that is about the author's life
autobiography
According to deists, the best form of worship is Select one: a. creating greater business profits b. doing good for others c. regular prayer in church d. deep introspection
b
During which years did the Age of Reason occur in America? Select one: a. 1800-1850 b. 1750-1800 c. 1650-1700 d. 1700-1750
b
1776
The Crisis Papers & The Declaration of Independence
Anne Bradstreet's writings
"A Letter to Her Husband" and "Upon the Burning of my house"
Sojourner Truth's writing
"Ain't I a Woman"
Henry Thoreau's writing
"Civil Disobedience"
Lincoln's writing
"Gettysburg Address"
MLK's Writing
"Letter from a Birmingham Jail"
Thomas Friedman's writing
"Naked Air"
Benjamin Franklin's wrting
"Plan for Moral Perfection"
Johnathan Edwards' writing
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
Patrick Henry's writing
"Speech in the Virginia Convention"
Chief Joseph's writing
"Words"
america; the place especially appointed by God to be an example to the rest of the world
"city upon the hill"
The Puritan Period
1600s to mid-1700s
The Revolutionary Period
1750-1800
1851
Ain't I a Woman
1849
Civil Disobedience
Thomas Jefferson's writing
Declaration of Independence
The belief that God had sent Puritans to America so Puritans could carry on their mission of "true" Christianity to all reaches of the world
Divine Mission
1863
Gettysburg Address
a period of time when grace seemed to seize masses of people throughout New England
Great Awakening
1963
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
2001
Naked Air
The most famous orator of the Revolutionary Era
Patrick Henry
the desire to return Christianity to the simple forms of worship described in the New Testement
Plainness
faith that wished to return to the simpler forms of worship and church organization that are described in the Christian Scriptures. For them religion was first of all a personal, inner experience
Puritanism
1741
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
1775
Speech in the Virginia Convention
J.D. Salinger's writing
The Catcher in the Rye
Thomas Paine's writing
The Crisis Papers
1953
The Crucible
Which of the following is NOT a Puritan value or belief? Select one: a. Salvation belongs to the elect, or God's chosen. b. Education is unnecessary because it only allows the individual to pollute his mind and corrupt his soul. c. Human beings are sinful by nature. d. A person should be thrifty, modest, and introspective.
b
Which of the following is NOT true of literature written in the colonies during the Age of Reason? Select one: a. It was an age of pamphlets intended to serve practical and political ends. b. It was largely composed of novels, poems, and short stories. c. Its masterpiece was Franklin's autobiography. d. It was rooted in reality.
b
Characteristics of Puritan writing include all of the following EXCEPT Select one: a. It was written in a plain style that stressed clarity of expression. b. Puritans used it as a way to explore their inner and outer lives. c. Most of it was in the form of plays, novels, and short stories. d. It was modeled after the Bible.
c
Deists believed that Select one: a. God is available to only an "elect" few people. b. People are inherently bad. c. Every individual has the gift of reason and can perfect him/herself and society through using this gift. d. Society is so flawed that it is not capable of serious improvement.
c
The Mayflower Compact paved the way for Select one: a. a national church b. war against the American Indians c. a constitutional democracy d. the Salem Witchcraft Trials
c
Which of the following statements about the English Puritans is NOT true? Select one: a. Many Puritans had suffered persecution in England. b. They were Protestants who sought to purify the Church of England and return it to a simpler form of worship c. They believed that the clergy and government should act as intermediaries between the individual and God. d. They were practical and businesslike and hoped to build a society patterned after God's Word.
c
Which of the following statements about the Salem Witchcraft Trials is NOT true? Select one: a. They occurred during 1691 and 1692. b. Many historians believe that salem experienced a mass hysteria, a shared delusion. c. Statistics show that the majority of the condemned were married men and the most respected members of the community. d. They began when the niece and daughter of Rev. Samuel Parris began to dabble in witchcraft.
c
Which of the following statements best describes Franklin's Autobiography? Select one: a. It shows that the notion of a self-made person is an unrealistic myth. b. It describes Franklin's devout religious practices. c. It provides the model for the classic American rags-to-riches story. d. It expounds the moral, ethical, and religious tenets of the Puritans
c
1951
catcher in the rye
Cotton Mather is best remembered in the annals of science as the Select one: a. minister who said that innoculation against smallpox was unnecessary since God's will would prevail b. smallpox patient who believed himself to be one of the "elect" and refused treatment c. devout Puritan who refused to support any smallpox treatment developed by atheistic doctors d. experimenter who began a public campaign for innoculation against smallpox
d
Which of the following is NOT true of the rationalist world view? Select one: a. People arrive at truth by using reason rather than by relying on tradtion, religion, or intuition. b. The world operates according to God's rules. c. Human history is marked by progress toward a more perfect existence. d. God created the universe and orchestrates every event that happens
d
an informal, unorganized religious movement among the upper classes and intellectuals which held that God designed the universe according to scientific law
deism
the experience of having ones feelings radically changed, of having oneself cleansed of envy, vanity, and lust so as to love God and his creation wholly. Puritans believed it was given to only a select few and was not earned
grace
What was the first college founded in the colonies (by the Puritans)?
harvard
The first people to migrate to North America were
ice age ancestors
occurs when a writer changes the normal word order of a sentence or phrase, usually to accommodate the requirements of meter or rhyme, or to create an effect
inversion
type of writing used by Puritans to express personal or emotional feelings and are traditionally the home of the present tense
lyric poetry
is addressing an audience formally through speech
oratory
a style used by the Puritans, marked by simple words in clear order
plain style
someone who has very realistic, common sense ways to complete something
pragmatist
the belief that human beings can arrive at truth by using reason, rather than by relying on the authority of the past, on religious faith, or on intuition.
rationalism
the ability to think in an ordered, logical manner
reason
Johnathan Edwards was a very popular Puritan because of these fire and brimstone works. These works also persuaded and called for people to evaluate their faith
sermon
the beleif that the human mind and soul at birth is a blank sheet of paper or a clean slate
tabula rasa
1925
the great gatsby
The greatest legacy of the French and Spanish explorers was
written accounts of the New World
