AmLit - Unit 1 Vocab 1

Define: counter-argument

• uses many nouns and verbs, few adjectives to glorify God.
  
• a direct comparison
• an acknowledgement of the opposite side in an essay.
• preconceived judgment or opinion

Define: hypocrisy

• a popular party or cause that attracts growing support
• pretending to be what one is not; false appearance.
• a direct comparison
  
• a series of religious revivals in 1700s New England.
  

Define: allegory

• a symbolic representation, usually spiritual or religious
• preconceived judgment or opinion
• the central claim of a written work.
• an elaborate or unexpected metaphor
  

Define: The Great Awakening

• uses many nouns and verbs, few adjectives to glorify God.
  
• a symbolic representation, usually spiritual or religious
• a series of religious revivals in 1700s New England
• a popular party or cause that attracts growing support

Define: persecute

• to cause a group to suffer because of belief or race
• pretending to be what one is not; false appearance.
  
• a popular party or cause that attracts growing support
• preconceived judgment or opinion
  

Define: Puritan Plain Style

• a series of religious revivals in 1700s New England.
• a direct comparison
• uses many nouns and verbs, few adjectives to glorify God.
  
• a symbolic representation, usually spiritual or religious
  

Define: bandwagon

• to cause a group to suffer because of belief or race
• the central claim of a written work.
  
• an elaborate or unexpected metaphor
  
• a popular party or cause that attracts growing support

Define: conceit

• an acknowledgement of the opposite side in an essay.
  
• an elaborate or unexpected metaphor
• a direct comparison
  
• pretending to be what one is not; false appearance.
  

Define: thesis

• a direct comparison
  
• a symbolic representation, usually spiritual or religious
  
• an elaborate or unexpected metaphor
  
• the central claim of a written work.

Define: prejudice

• a popular party or cause that attracts growing support
  
• preconceived judgment or opinion
• a symbolic representation, usually spiritual or religious
• pretending to be what one is not; false appearance.