ENG 3: Unit 1 - Early American Literature

Who was was the first colonist to write a sizeable body of verse?

Bradstreet was an early feminist, who used many of her poems to highlight unfair treatment of women in the colonies

By the end of the 18th Century, most writers presented a secular view of life.       

Mary Rowlandson's Indian captivity narrative was representative of attitudes and literature of the seventeenth century.

In The American Crisis, Paine remains respectful of the King of England. 

What is bandwagon?

The bent bow and the arrow made ready on the string are metaphors for God's wrath in Edwards' sermon. 

What is the regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poetic line called?

Card stacking is a collective term for all sorts of deception

Mary Rowlandson's captivity took place during what war?

What is didacticism?

Which poetic device is featured in the concluding two lines of Anne Bradstreet's "To My Dear and Loving Husband"?  

Nonreligious motives for immigration to the New World included adventure, wealth, & challenging Spain's claims

What is a literary apostrophe?

On a symbolic level, what is Williams' poem, "The Courteous Pagan," contrasting?

Jonathan Edwards was the distinguished pastor of the church in Northampton until his death. 

Critics agree that Paine's genius is in his style rather than in his thinking. 

In "The Author to Her Book," Bradstreet refers to her work as her child. 

Paine is referring to salvation when he writes, "what we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly." 

What's William Bradford's attitude toward the death of the young man who is the first one to have been thrown overboard?

What were metaphysical poets known for (subject matter and style)?

The main motive behind early migrations to New England was religious freedom. 

 "Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss" exemplifies what literary device?

Imagery is descriptive words/phrases that appeal to all 5 sense perceptions to create impressions

"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" is full of historical allusions. 

The first consciously American voices began to speak through literature after what major event?  

Which author was the foremost pamphleteer of his day

Name the 2 leading figures of the Great Awakening.

In "Upon the Burning of Our House," what reason does Bradstreet cite for determining that God is just? 

Who famously said, "give me liberty, or give me death!"? 

The Bible passage for Jonathan Edwards' "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" was taken from Romans 8

Dependence on English literature had to be abandoned before a distinctly American literature could emerge. 

Which was NOT one of the 3 main parts of a Puritan sermon?

Roger Williams founded the colony know as present-day ___.

What is a simile?

Thomas Paine served as a major spokesman for rationalism. 

In 1776, Paine entered the political controversy between the colonists and England by writing what work?  

Which role did Edward Taylor NOT fill for his town?

What is tone?

What is a heroic couplet?

What influential religious and political principle is the primary belief Roger Williams is remembered for today? 

What is a paradox?

What is plain style?

The primary purpose of early American literature was entertainment. 

Bradstreet uses the metaphor of deformed hands to describe her book. 

What is Mary Rowlandson's reaction after her daughter's death?

In "The Author to Her Book," Bradstreet is affectionate toward her writing. 

Card stacking is a collective term for all sorts of deception

Once the colonists were established, the subject matter of literature became predominantly religious. 

What is propaganda?

 "They are meant for us; they can be meant for no other" exemplifies what literary device?