Puritan Literature

Bradford immediately started writing Of Plymouth Plantation when he arrived in the New Land.

All things Puritan, from speech to dress to worship, must be

The Puritans had no separation of church and state; this is

Bradstreet tells herself to

The Puritans believed that God was angry or

The Mayflower was orginally headed for the Hudson River valley.

Rhyme within a poetic line is ______________ rhyme.

Humans are inherently evil because of

William Bradford used first-person pronouns to refer to himself in his journal.

She ends with, "My _____________ and treasure lie above."

A direct comparison between two things is a(n)

Anne Bradstreet lost this many of her children in the house fire.

Bradstreet had ________ children.

Brastreet says that the two of them--Anne and her husband---are one. This is a(n)

A reference to a common body of knowledge--like a literary character or place---is

An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable is a(n)

The Mayflower arrived in

Puritans believed that God chose some people for heaven from before birth; they are

Edwards earned a Master's degree in

Six or seven Pilgrims remained healthy and took care of the sick. This is

Edwards's sermon is called "Sinners in

Edwards emphasizes the angry nature of God, images of hell, and the evil nature of human sinner many times; this is

She misses the places in her house where she used to

The "mighty Architect" she refers to is God. He has built

Of Plymouth Plantation is important because

"To My Dear and Loving Husband" is about

Anne challenges other women to compare their marriages to hers.

A pattern of accented and unaccented syllables is

According to the public journal, the Pilgrims arrived at Cape Cod and

Edwards was part of a movement to call people back to the Puritan faith; it was called

Bradsteet chooses simply, homely words--also known as plain

The process of examining meaning and literary devices in a poem is

Bradstreet expresses sadness over the loss of

The Pilgrims arrived in the New Land in this year.

Bradstreet and her husband settled in

Conveying a great deal of meaning with few words is

William Bradford served the Plymouth colony

Edwards wrote the sermon

A couplet is a pair of lines that end rhyme.

Bradstreet's husband and father were both

Iambic pentameter is the most common meter in spoken English.

After a turning point in the poem, Bradstreet turns her attention from material things to

She notes that the voice of a(n) _____________ will never be heard there after the fire.

The love of Anne and her husband is a

This person took Bradstreet's poetry to England to be published.

The Pilgrims all survived the journey across the Atlantic.

Squanto

Nature, according to Puritans, is

Bradstreet uses an extended metaphor or

William Bradford wrote

Anne Bradstreet was the first American poet.

"Upon the Burning of Our House" is a poem based on real-life events.

Edwards graduated university at the age of

Jonathan Edwards mastered this/these language(s)

Bradford compared the Pilgrims' situation to the Apostle Paul in the New Testament. This is

Bradstreet, after hearing the call of "fire," immediately

The Pilgrims' first winter involved

When the Puritans refer to the "hand of God" taking care of them, they mean

Five iambs per line of poetry is

Bradsteet uses plain style.

Anne Bradsteet is an atypical Puritan because she writes

The smallest unit of meter is

Bradstreet wrote her poetry for publication.

Anne Bradstreet misses material things lost in the fire as well as

William Bradford wrote Of Plymouth

Bradstreet refers to the treasures of the East and

William Bradford was

"My ____________ _____________ in ashes lie."

Edwards wrote a famous

A pairing of opposites is a(n)