Junior Winter Final Eng 11

First English settlement is established at Jamestown, Virginia

What character traits describe Danforth?

What is one of the conflicts of "The Crucible"?

The Pilgrims' ship first reached land at America where?

At the first Thanksgiving, the Pilgrims are most thankful for what?

Franklin relies on what form of transportation to reach Philadelphia?

What is a metaphor?

What did American Romantics believe about poetry?

Who are two famous American deist who signed the Declaration of Independence?

What did Romanticists explore through Gothic novels?

What are some characteristics of the typical Romantic hero?

What is typical of plain style writing?

The literary masterpiece of the American Age of Reason is what?

The Pilgrims regarded their journey as what?

In the Declaration of Independence, what does "pursuit of happiness" mean?

Patrick Henry delivers his famous "Liberty of Death" speech

Franklin's description of himself shows what?

Analogy

The Pilgrims were trying to leave which country to gain religious freedom?

In developing a method for examining virtues, Franklin reveals what?

Thomas Jefferson writes the "Declaration of Independence"

Where did tens of thousands of American settlers journey across during the nineteenth century?

Plymouth, Massachusetts is founded

What is the resolution in "The Crucible"?

What do Bradford's descriptions of incidents show?

During a squall off long Island, who does Franklin save?

What is the climax of "The Crucible"?

a statement that repeats itself using similar terms; a premise supported with the premise.

a general assumption narrowed to one specific instance or case; a misrepresentation

What is personification?

What are the four most important Puritan Values?

a false conclusion; to assume that one things causes another, based on a false premise

The Mayflower passengers originally wanted to settle near where?

Why is the beginning of the Enlightenment sometimes dated from 1688?

What were the most common forms of Puritan Literature?

Why does Franklin leave Boston?

What did James Fenimore Cooper create?

Indiana Jones is based on Exodus in the Bible. What characteristic of romantic lit is that?

Why do American Romantic writers reject rationalism?

an assumption that is too general; assuming that all things are one way of the other

Witch trials take place in Salem, Massachusetts

an idea, action, or assertion containing contradictory, or opposing elements

Whom does Bradford call "a special instrument sent from God"?

What did American Romantic writers feel about cities?

Why, according to Bradford, did the Mayflower arrive at Cape Cod safely?

Europeans first step on soil of the "New World"

What is a simile?

a position of power: a teacher, company, gov agency, or other person who has a lot of knowledge

Romantic writers and artists were drawn to the expanding Amer frontier because promise of what?

emotional appeal

What does Franklin consider moral perfection to be?

What concept was vital to Romanticism in both Europe and America?

What is the moral of "The Crucible"?

Why is Bradford's style so hard to read?

a general statement about life or about the subject

What were the foundations of romantic thought?