Literary terms and devices

The correction of the wrong; compensation

Thomas Jefferson wrote The Declaration of Independence

comfort in sorrow or distress

The author's attitude toward the subject

Lessening of somethings that causes suffering

Who wrote "Upon the Burning of our House"

To perceive or recognize something

Payment in return for something

To regard with disgust; to hate

Giving human qualities to nonhuman things

Keep going; don't give up

When something concrete is represented by something abstract

To bring peace, quiet or calm to

Venerable is to express indirectly

Comparison using like, as or than

Exaggeration

to scold; to correct or improve

To attribute to a specific cause or source

To represent in human form

To gain another's favor by deliberate effort

A professional soccer hired to fight for an army against his will

To complain or fret; to long for something

To delay

Who wrote "La Relacion"

In la relacion, who was sent to explore and came back with fish, Indians, a dog and a pot.

Who delivers the sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"

Direct or implied comparison

Cause to be extremely angry

Despotism is Government by a ruler with unlimited power

Referencing someone or something important outside of the reading

To cover with water; to overwhelm