American Literature, Colonial Period – Flashcards
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wrote "The General History of Virginia."
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John Smith
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wrote "The History of the Dividing Line."
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William Byrd
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wrote "Of Plymouth Plantation."
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William Bradford
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wrote "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."
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Jonathan Edwards
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part of the Great Awakening
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Jonathan Edwards
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was elected governor of Plymouth 30+ times
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William Bradford
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a southern gentleman plantation owner
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William Byrd
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rescued by Pocahantas
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John Smith
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a literary technique the employs a figure of speech that compares two unlike things and the comparison is developed over several lines
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extended metaphor
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type of literature that ridicules, usually trying to change something
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satire
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a satirical device that reduces subjects to absurd levels
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reductio ad absurdum
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a Puritan philosophy that means, "man is born evil"
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innate depravity
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a type of writing that exaggerates in order to persuade
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propaganda
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type of writing that presents facts and no opinions
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objectivity
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writer who ran away from home at age 15 to become a professional solider
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John Smith
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this writer uses reduction to the absurd to satirize the early Virginia coloists
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William Byrd
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this writer uses propaganda to convince readers he is a great American hero
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John Smith
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This writer creates a history of the hardships of his people through the use of objevtivity
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William Bradford
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this writer restates his main point several times through the use of extended metaphor
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Jonathan Edwards
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considered himself a "lady's man"
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William Byrd
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died from small pox inoculation developed by a fellow Puritan minister
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Jonathan Edwards
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a very somber and serious Puritan minister
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Jonathan Edwards
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liked to refer to himself in his writing in the third person and usually with his title, "Captain."
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John Smith
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was instrumental in the founding of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement on American soil
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John Smith
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refers to himself in the first person "I" and only mentions himself to give the reader the direction he is about to take
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William Bradford
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consistently giver credit to God for the way things turn out for his people
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William Bradford
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lives a life of leisure and luxury of making fun of the colonists and their struggles
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William Byrd
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hopes to scare his congregation into returning to original Puritan values
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Jonathan Edwards
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records history to ensure his own place as an American hero
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John Smith
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fends off 300 bowmen chasing him by using his Indian guides as shields
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John Smith
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writers men are all killed, wounded, or captured when he left them alone on their boat
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John Smith
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tells about his responsibility to find the head of the Chickahominy River
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John Smith
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writer's people established a national holiday that is still celebrated today
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William Bradford
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became friendly and made an agreement with Squanto, Samoset, and Massasoit
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John Smith
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tells a tale about a "great screw" his people used to repair their ship on the way across the Atlantic Ocean
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William Bradford
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had several "good" reasons for the Virginia colonists to marry Native Americans
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William Byrd
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was critical of the early Virginia colonists for being lazy
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William Byrd
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described Bearskin's religion
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William Byrd
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was educated in England
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William Byrd
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helped fund a survey party to map the boundary between Virginia and North Carolina through the Great Dismal Swamp
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William Bradford
