Early American Lit Review

The most common form of Native American literature were

Select the correct elements of Puritan literature (3 correct)

Puritans came to America from

Time period was 1861-1914

Time period was 1700s-1800

Romantics gained understanding and knowledge from

Target audience was the unconverted/sinners in the church

A pithy observation that contains a general truth (EX: "if it ain't broke don't fix it")

Believed humans could achieve moral perfection through self-improvement of virtues

Common characters, settings, or things that appear across cultures in different religions, stories & myths

Time period was 1500s-early 1700s

An ethical appeal; focus on the credibility of the author/source

In Puritan society, ------ had a big role in the running of society

Dark Romantics often reflect on

An appeal to logic, typically using numbers and statistics

Puritans believed in a literal interpretation of

What happens to the narrator at the end of "The Pit and the Pendulum"?

Puritans gained understanding and knowledge from

Dark Romantics are less ---- than Transcendentalists

Went to live alone in the woods so he could "live deliberately"

Puritans believed people were naturally

Poem that compares an unmelted patch of snow to the author's unmelted grief over his wife's death

Fireside Poets often reflected on which topic?

Time period was 1800-1860

An emotional appeal, such as an interview with a family who lost their home in a wildfire

Heavily influenced by Darwin's survival of the fittest, science, and the cruel realities of life

Time period was 1914-1939

Goal of Patrick Henry's speech to the Virginia Convention

Poems "October" and "November" compare the end of a human lifespan to

A story to explain the world the people live in and their traditions

Time period was 1800-1860

Rationalists gained understanding and knowledge from