Anne Bradstreet: Upon the Burning of our House.

Compares two unlike things without "as" or "like"

• Metaphor

• Extended metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Inverted syntax

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Compares two things at length and in many ways

• Metaphor

• Inverted Syntax

• Extended Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Reference to a person, place or event in the Christian Bible

• Biblical Illusion

• Biblical Allusions

• Biblical Parable

• King James Bible

When by the ruins of I past My sorrowing eyes aside did cast,And here and there the places spy Where oft I say and long did lie:

These words reveal a deep conflict between ____

• Puritan beliefs and the Word of God

• human nature and human conscience

• Puritan beliefs and human nature

• Puritan beliefs and personal beliefs

Why does Bradstreet chide or scold her heart?

• She was not focusing on God.

• She had longing for earthly materials she had lost.

• She missed events that occurred in the house.

• All of the above

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

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Bradstreet's poem is an example of Puritan Plain Style. What are the characteristics of Puritan Plain Style?

• complex sentences

• ordinary words are used to make simple, direct statements

• embellished and ornate words.

• lots of figurative language

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

• her belief that rewards are in Heaven.

• her anger toward God.

• Her family and friends.

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What does the speaker conclude at the end of the poem?

• That God is vengeful and should be feared.

• That she should have taken more steps to prevent this disaster.

• That her relationship with God and belief in Heaven are the true riches in her life.

• The speaker leaves the conclusion to the reader.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

In "Upon the Burning of Our House", Anne Bradstreet reveals what?

• that a heavenly home is more important than an earthly home

• she does not appreciate what's been given to her on earth

• God is cruel when it comes to her suffering

• her children mean more to her than her husband