American Literature

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Anglican

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Plymouth Plantation

Separatist

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Massachusetts Bay

Puritan

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Deism

Teaches that the solution to man’s problems lie within his reason, not in supernatural revelation, the Bible

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1776

America announced its independence

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1783

America wins the War for Independence

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Wampum belts

a belt made of beads and strings woven together to preserve Iroquois law

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Archetype

Recurring narrative elements that appear in stories across cultures and that speaks to universal human experiences

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Arthur C. Parker

The first native American Archaeologist

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John Smith

Helped found Jamestown

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Historical Narrative

an account of a historical event with characters who are real people

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Point of view

the perspective from which the story is told

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First Person

the narrator is a character in the story and uses first person pronouns (I,me, us, etc.)

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Third-person

the narrator stands outside the story and uses third person pronouns (him,her, them,etc.)

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Persuasive Appeals

arguments intended to appeal to a person’s logical, emotional, or ethical sensibilities

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Tone

the author’s overall attitude or emotion toward the subject of his or her writing

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Purpose

the author’s reason for writing

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Audience

the person or group of people to whom the author is writing

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Worldview

a system of beliefs and values through which one views the world

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Bias

Personal preferences that inhibit one from seeing the potential value of others judgements

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Halfway Covenant

What started the decline of the Puritan Church

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A True Relation

What did John Smith publish in 1608

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The General History

What did John Smith publish in 1624

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Plymouth

What town did William Bradford serve as governor

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Plymouth Plantation

What book did William Bradford write

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Plain Style

describes much of Puritan literature because of its clarity, simplicity, and scarcity of elaborate figurative expression

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Theme

the main idea of the text

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Allusions

references to people, places, events, or other works of literature

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Biblical Allusions

refer to the Bible

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Classical Allusions

refer to the writings of Ancient Greece or Rome

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John Winthrop

Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Typology

the interpretation of events, people, places, and ceremonies of the Old Testament as types, or signs, which prefigure Christ’s fulfillment of prophecy and his covenant with the church

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Style

the ways and modes an author uses to express himself

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Argumentation

the process of presenting claims and providing reasons to support those claims

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Claim

An assertion that one makes or a position that one takes about a topic

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Counterclaim

a claim that challenges the validity of the initial claim

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Proof

evidence

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Conclusion

a reiterated claim that has been proved by evidence

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Great Migration

What was John Winthrop the leader of

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Purutab Canopy

What was John Winthrop the shaper of

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Jamestown,Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

What 3 settlements were the major settlements of colonization

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1607

When was Jamestown founded

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Population, Principles, Political System

What 3 changes from old american literature to new american literature

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Melting plot

What term did a french farmer give to describe the idea of america

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Yankee

What term characterizes the american ideal

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Halfway Covenant

What is the name of the policy that represented the church

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Mayflower compact

What was the 1st government document drafted in the new world

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Economics, religion

What 2 major areas of unrest led to the colonist separation from new england

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Plain Style

The style of early american literature

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William Bradford

What author used plain writing

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Oral tradition

What is the term for how literature is preserved by the Native americans

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Iroquois confederacy

What was the political nation that was composed of 5, 6 nations

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People of the longhouse

The alternate term for Iroquois

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Tree

What archetype is most important to iroquois people

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Tower of babel

What biblical event led to many myths

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John Smith

Who published works on the new world

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Description of New England

Which account of John Smith contained maps of New England

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Defensive

What is the tone of John Smith books

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Persuasive

What is the tone for John Smith's description of New England

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Political, Economics, Religious, Nationalist

What are 4 types of persuasive arguments

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Nationalism

What is John Smith's main argument

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3rd person

What point of view did John Smith use

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1st

What was the point of view of John Smith description

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Describe, explain, entertain

What are 3 purposes of writing

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William Bradford

Who is the governor of plymouth

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Plain style

What is william bradford writing style

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Biblical classical

What allusions did William Bradford use

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Paul and Moses

Who did William Bradford allude to

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John Winthrop

Who is the governor of Massachusetts

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Winter

What were the conditions in Plymouth

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Food

What did they not have in Plymouth

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God’s providence

What beliefs sustained them in Plymouth

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Reason

What does Deism give to find the solution to problems

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Tree

What arechetype object is significant in how the world began and from the constitution

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Peace

What does the tree signify

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Cain and Able

What does good mind and evil mind represent

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John Smith

From A Description of New England

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William Bradford

From of Plymouth Plantation

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John Winthrop

From Journal

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John Winthrop

From a Model of Christian Chairty

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Marry Rowlendson

From A narrative of the captivity

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