PRHS Spehar English 11 Midterm Review Questions

Which literary term refers to the reversal of the normal order of words and phrases in a sentence?

Stories that were passed from one generation to the next as they were told in households and in tribal ceremonies.

What is the belief that each family group, or clan, descended from or had a strong connection to a particular animal?

Which literary term refers to a myth that describes the origin of some feature of the natural or social world?

Cabeza de Vaca was the only explorer who returned to Spain.

A reference to something else. It’s when a writer mentions another work, or refers to a part of the current work.

In 1528, he was shipwrecked off the _______ coast.

What happened to Mosquito’s brothers?

What tells how the world and humans came to exist?

A term referring to a common figure of speech that makes a comparison by directly relating two unrelated things.

Who did Jonathan Edwards preach with during The Great Awakening?

The belief that everything that will happen has already been decided by God or fate and can't be changed.

Mary Rowlandson referred to biblical characters instead of real people?

During The Great Awakening, Edwards wrote important theological works including which of the following?

What does Cabeza de Vaca mean?

What does A World on a Turtle's Back explain?

Which literary term refers to a symbolic narrative of how the world began and how people first came to inhabit it?

Which literary term refers to a metaphor that is extended in great detail?

What college did Edwards become president of shortly before his death?

Which literary term refers to the “feel” of a piece of writing. To the meaning of “style” or “voice” in writing?

Which literary term refers to a pair of consecutive lines of poetry that create a complete thought or idea?

Johnathan Edwards was not missionary to Native Americans.

Someone who has a great degree of intellect or knowledge and uses it to play tricks, disobey rules, and defy convention.

What is Anne Bradstreet most famous for?

A form of communication where knowledge ideas and cultural works is transmitted verbally from generation to generation.

In Native American myths, what are some examples of possible tricksters?

Mary Rowlandson’s wrote about her being kept in captivity?

Where did Anne Bradstreet grow up?

Which of the following best describes the relationship between the Native Americans and animals?

What two poems did Anne Bradstreet write?

Which literary term refers to the pattern of rhyme that comes at the end of each verse or line in poetry?

What animal brings death into the world when he realizes the earth will be too crowded if everyone lives forever?

After living among Native Americans for six years, Cabeza de Vaca and ____ other survivor(s) headed south and then west.

In The Sky Tree, why did the sky tree fall?

A term referring to the person telling the story that determines the point of view the audience will experience.

Cabeza de Vaca ended his expedition where?

What year did Whitefield join with Jonthan Edwards to spark a religious revival that swept New England?

Mary Rowlandson was born in North America.

A term referring to the language used by poets, novelists and other writers to create images in the mind of the reader.

Edwards was one out of how many children?

How many years did Cabeza de Vaca spend in the Gulf region of present-day Texas?

At what age did Jonathan Edwards graduate from yale?

On the expedition, one of Cabeza de Vaca's men stole a small dog from a Native American.

Cabeza de Vaca was a ____________ explorer.

Which of the following describes Anne Bradstreet?

While Cabeza de Vaca lead 600 men on an exploration, only _____ (including him) survived.

When did Cabeza De Vaca and the other three surviving members of his original party set out for Mexico?

What was one of Anne Bradstreet’s most used literary devices?

Who captured Mary Rowlandson in A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson?

Which literary term refers to an attitude that something is the case, or that some proposition about the world is true?

Native Americans had a written language system.

Which literary term refers to the five senses to add depth of detail to your writing?

Cabeza de Vaca wrote an 8 year oddesy called _______________.

In Native American Myths, animals and humans are ____________?

Cabeza De Vaca was a member of a __________ expedition.

Which of the following is NOT a description of a creation myth?

Which literary term refers to a contradiction that resolves to reveal a deeper meaning behind a contradiction?

Where did Edwards think people were predestined to go?

A classic or legendary story that often focuses on a certain hero or event and explains mysteries with no basis in fact.

Anne Bradstreet had 13 children, how many survived?

What was a recurring theme in Anne Bradstreet's poems?

What was Jonathan edwards?

Which literary term refers to a depiction of an animal or plant that gives a family its name?

Cabeza de Vaca took a barge to what is now ____________.

When was Mary Rowlandson born?

What higher power do Native Americans believe in?

An unequal sway in favor of or against an idea or thing, usually in a way that is closed-minded, prejudicial, or unfair.

What poems or poem did Anne Bradstreet write?

It is the duty of humanity to maintain a balance within their natural world.

In Native American mythology, which animal held the world on it's back?

Which literary term refers to a word or phrase repeating?

__________ stressed predestination, the belief that only a select few chosen by God would be saved.

Which literary term refers to the art of persuasion?

In what way did Anne Bradstreet write?

What was a backlash against what many believed was a church that had grown far too lenient?

What story did Cabeza de Vaca write?

When was Anne Bradstreet born?

Which literary term refers to one that practices magic?

Mary Rowlandson had a positive experience in captivity.

Cabeza de Vaca was Appointed _____________ of Spanish posts in Portugal