Unit 1.1: Literature of Settlement (American Literature)

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

In John Smith's Description, his encouragment to convert poor savages showed an appeal to what kind of motivation?

What is the primary focus of John Winthrop's Journal?

references to the writings of ancient Greece or Rome

Who led the Puritan colony at Massachusetts Bay and recorded their first two decades of existence?

the interpretation of events, people, places, and ceremonies on the Old Testament as prefiguring New Testament realities

According to How the World Began, what kind of plant grew in the center of the world?

Deism maintained that the solution to man's problems in human _______ rather than supernatural revelation of the Bible.

Who was Plymouth Plantation's chief legal, judicial, and executi've counselor; and a Separatist?

Once the colonists were established, the subject matter of literature became predominantly what?

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

What is Rowlandson's response to discovering what happened to her daughter's body?

"You see by what strange means God . . . delivered it" embodies what theme of seventeenth century literature?

writing intended to instruct

What was the main motive behind the early migrations to New England?

What biblical allusions does Bradford use in contrast to the lack of hope the colonists felt?

Who is respected as an expert on Indian affairs as well as an archaeologist and historian specializing in the Iroquois?

Which of the following not one of the nonreligious motives for immigration to the New World?

Through whom did the Iroquois lineage pass?

The Iroquois constitution provided a model for the U.S. Constitution.

Besides his knowledge of the Scriptures, what other training strongly influenced John Winthrop's content and style?

What had to occur before a distinctly American literature could exist?

In Of Plymouth Plantation, what is Bradford's attitude toward the death of the young man who is first to be thrown over?

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

a genre of works that relate to the capture, suffering, escape, or rescue of the narrator, told in first-person

What is the unexpected result of Captain Smith's capture?

a story that uses supernatural forces or beings to explain an aspect of life or the natural world

Colonial literature naturally reflected writers' interests and concerns. The earliest writers wrote mostly about what?

the author's reason for writing

personal preferences that inhibit one from seeing the potential value of others' judgments

Which is not a way that Rowlandson's account is one of the most representative works of the seventeenth century?

Who survived a massacre and wrote the first and most notable Indian-captivity narrative?

What substance did Good Mind use to create man in "How the World Began"?

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

a description of a culture's idea of how the world and its inhabitants came to be

an author's word choice

Rowlandon's work is a good example of what?

Which is not a difference between the creation of men-beings in"How the World Began" and the biblical creation account?

the way a story is told, or the position from which the narrator presents story elements

What did Good Mind use to "create" the animals?

Which is an accurate description of Rowlandson's narrative?

The primary purpose of the literature of early America was entertainment.

Which is not a relationship Winthrop refers to in describing civil liberty?

Mary Rowlandson's captivity took place during what Indian War?

Who was the first Native American achaeologist?

evidence; essential to establishing the validity of a claim

According to Winthrop, what kind of liberty does man share with the animals?

Toward the end of the eighteenth century, what is true about most writers?

Who was a true adventurer and wrote the earliest significant accounts of the Virginia and New England settlements?

an author's attitude toward a subject

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

In the Constitution of the Five Nations, the Tree of Great Long Leaves is a symbol of what?

references to people, places, events, or passages form the Bible

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

recurring narrative elements that appear in stories across cultures and that speak to universal human experiences

main idea of the text