Unit 1 Review

Which of the following are characteristics of Native American myths?

• Plain Style

• Oral storytelling

• The Bible provides a lot of influence on their work

• Storytellers were highly valued members of society

• Focus on nature & explaining natural occurrences

Which of the following are characteristics of Puritan literature?

• Events in life were explained as God's will

• Logic & reason

• Plain style

• The Bible provides a lot of influence on their work

• Women & freed slaves began to contribute to literature

Which of the following are characteristics of Rationalist literature?

• Women & freed slaves began to contribute to literature

• Believed man, nature, and God were all interconnected

• Logic & reasoning

• Events in life were explained as God's will

• Much of their work is related to political turmoil between the colonies & Great Britain

What is the main idea of the Blackfeet Genesis Myth?

What is the main idea of the Earth Only poem?

How was most of Puritanical literature written?

• Research studies

• Journals/diaries

• Autobiographies

• Fictional accounts

What was Anne Bradstreet's poem about?

• Her trip to the "New World"

• God bringing her children into her life

• Her husband dying

• Her house burning down

What was William Bradstreet calling for in the "Speech to the Virginia Convention"?

• To do what the British wanted

• To go to war with Britian

• To just keep doing what they were already doing

• To let God decide the fate of their new nation

What was the main idea of Elizabeth Cady-Stanton's speech?

Why do you think women were discouraged from writing literature during Puritanical times?