Puritan Literature

Which figure of speech is in: “He might of all justly bereft, / But yet sufficient for us left.”

• Simile 
• Tone
• Inverted Syntax 
• Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

When Bradstreet talks about the "Architect," this is actually a metaphorical reference to whom

• Herself

• God

• Their home's builder

• The Fire

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CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Jonathan Edwards was a significant figure in which of the following historical movements?

• The Enlightenment
• The American Revolution 
• The Great Awakening 
• The Great Depression 

First governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony

• William Bradford
• Anne Bradstreet
• Jonathan Edwards
• George Gordon

Characteristic of Puritan "Plain Style"

• Familiar images
• Simple Words
• Direct Statements
• All of the above

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.4

Who wrote "Huswifery?"

• George Gordon
• Jonathan Edwards
• Edward Taylor
• William Bradford

Came to a consolation about her faith through "God's wondrous works"

• William Bradford
• Anne Bradstreet
• Mary Rowlandson
• Jonathan Edwards

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

Wrote “Of Plymouth Plantation”

• Anne Bradstreet

• Edward Taylor

• William Bradford

• Jonathan Edwards

Writer of “Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God”

• Anne Bradstreet

• William Bradford

• Edward Taylor

• Jonathan Edwards

When an author refers to something well known outside of the text, such as a biblical story or an historical figure, he or she is making use of...

• imagery

• allusion

• inversion

• confusion

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5