The Early Colonial Period in American Literature

American Literature is divided into ________ periods.

• 5

• 4

• 10

• 7

During the early colonial period the writings were focused into _______________.

• nature

• emotions

• inventions

This period talks about the colonial time and the time after America got independence in 1776.

• Modern

• Romaticism

• Early Colonial

• Contemporary

Fictional story that was based in the Early Colonial Period.

• John Smith

• Pocahontas

• Mayflower Voyage

• Christopher Columbus

Select the types of writings commonly found in the Early Colonial Period.

• Travel journals

• Diaries

• Poems

• Letters

There was written literature in North America before the first European arrived.

• True

• False

Fairy tales, myths, chants, lyrics (songs) are oral genres found in American Indian Literature.

• True

• False

The colonial period had the influence of English literature and strongly Puritan character.

• True

• False