What is considered to be the best writing.

What is not true about the Puritans?

They read novels in their free time.

What is a survey course?

read a little about a lot of topics

Which is not correct about "The Great Awakening?"

honored the revolutionary spirit

What is not true of the Revolutionaries?

They believed in a wrathful God.

Read like you are Johnny from the Dead Zone - what does that mean?

You should be transported into the story when you read it.

the art of effective speaking and writing

immovable, esp in opposing something

short, clever saying that reveals a truth

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What's the Canon?
What is considered to be the best writing.
Books that are most frequently banned
Super intense books
Books about war
2
affluence
suspicious
influential
poverty
wealth
3
Which group does "Nullius in verba" (on the word of no one) apply to?
The Puritans
The Revolutionaries
4
Which of the following are associated with McCarthyism?
all of those
communism
accusing someone of being an enemy
the red scare
5
archetype
a stereotype
a clever expression
an arch rival
an original model or pattern
6
Viewpoints from which to consider something
Critical lenses
historical context
literary movements
logical fallacies
7
Primary Source
a speech
a letter
all of those
a journal
8
What is not true about the Puritans?
They read novels in their free time.
They prayed a lot.
The were pessimistic.
They were worried about the devil.
9
What is a survey course?
read a little about a lot of topics
class in which we read many novels
detail about a few topics
class in which you take many surveys
10
Which is not correct about "The Great Awakening?"
honored the revolutionary spirit
born-again movement
Sinners in the hands of an angry God
followed the Puritan belief
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abhor
to regard with disgust
great happiness
deadly
to like
12
Who is Arthur Miler?
dealt with accusations of communism
all of those
married to Marilyn Monroe
wrote The Crucible
13
Allegory
all of those
The Crucible
writing that has a double meaning
The War of the Worlds
14
Poor Richard
all the those
pseudonym
1st American Bestseller
Ben Franklin
15
What is not true of the Revolutionaries?
They believed in vocational education.
They thought that people were basically good.
They believed in reason.
They believed in a wrathful God.
16
Read like you are Johnny from the Dead Zone - what does that mean?
you should become emotionally involved in the story
You should be wary of reading it.
Read lots of Stephen King stories.
You should be transported into the story when you read it.
17
American Literature
all of those
sweet American writing
the class you are in
Unit 1 test Tuesday (snow day?)
18
What is the name of a book used in a survey course of literature?
canon
novel
essay
anthology
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felicity
aritifice
plan skillfully
great happiness
incorrigible
20
What is Rhetoric?
logical fallacies
the art of effective speaking and writing
a short, clever expression
figurative language
21
that part of you that resists change
the canon
lego
ego
archetype
22
Aphorism
false accusation
short, witty expression
puritans
God's wrath
23
adamant
immovable, esp in opposing something
to rescue from danger
constant; never stopping
to plan skillfully
24
logical fallacies
rhetorical flaws intended to inflame public opinion
all of those
Bad Math
McCarthyism
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Aphorism
a type of logical fallacy
saying named for the goddess Aphrodite
short, clever saying that reveals a truth
type of saying invented by Ben Franklin

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