Anne Bradstreet Poems

What awakens Bradstreet at the onset of her poem?

• The shrieks of her children

• The thundering noise of her home burning

• a gunshot

• her husbands

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What possessions does Bradstreet grieve the loss of?

• child

• table

• chest

• trunk

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

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What does she criticize herself for in the poem?

• leaving a candle burning

• valuing her possessions too much

• not saving her child

• ignoring her husbands cries

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Why does she say she shouldn't mourn the loss of her possessions?

• everything ultimately belongs to God

• her husband can buy her more

• she is being selfish

• her children are alive

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What metaphor did Bradstreet use for God?

• The Great Creator

• Father Christmas

• The Mighty Architect

• Heavenly Son

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CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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Deserving Pity

• Recount

• Hyperbole

• Piteous

• Vanity

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Anne was known for being America's first ____.

• poet

• published poet

• female poet

• All of these

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What the speaker regrets most is that she will not see her children grow up in that house.

• True

• False

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Bradstreet writes in Plain Style. What are the characteristics of the Puritan Plain Style?

• complex sentences

• lots of figurative language HIDE ANSWER

• embellished and ornate words

• ordinary words are used to make simple, direct statements

Where does the speaker get the inner strength to face the loss of her house?

• her belief that her true rewards are in heaven

• her anger toward God

• her family and friends

• she does not have the strength to deal with what happened

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

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