Colonial Period Test Review

poem characterized by brief worship

stories about beginnings passed down through oral tradition

Divine Providence is the idea that all people are born sinful.

a story in which people, objects and events have hidden or symbolic meanings

day-by-day chronicle of events

Literature that predicts the ultimate destruction of the world

God's wrath is like a bow and arrow aimed at your heart.

To appeal to the natural desire in readers to be accepted in a group

Used to motivate readers or listeners to act or think in a particular way

Use of the same words, phrases or images to drive home a point with readers or listeners

a long formal poem representing the poet's meditation on death or another solemn theme

reference to the Biblical town of Sodom

the belief that God is all powerful and holds the fate of every person in His hands

speech given in religion or moral values

a pattern in literature found around the world

The group of colonists who settled in the South were called the Planters.

firsthand account

Puritans believed in the idea of hard, productive work.

flipping the subject and verb in a line of poetry to make it rhyme

the belief that all men are born sinful