English – Puritans – Flashcards

Oral tradition of storytelling, myths or folktales, uses metaphors

Group of Protestants who wanted to "purify" the Church of England Believed religion was a personal experience Suffered persecution in England

Most humanity "damned" Select few would be saved Values: self-reliance, hard-working, moderation, and simple living

Lived by, and believed in it

Bible provided model of life Used writing to explore inner and outer lives Diaries common Plain style of writing

Convenant exists between God and humanity Felt that the "saintly elect" should have great influence in politics

Harvard, College of William and Mary, Yale, Princeton

William Bradford, Mary Rowlandson, Anne Bradstreet, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Edward Taylor, Jonathan Edwards

wrote Of Plymouth Plantation, described, hardships of journey, belief in God

wrote A Narrative of Captivity, story of capture by Native Americans

began history of American Poetry, wrote The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America... By a Gentlewoman in Those Parts, didn't know it was published

wrote Huswifery, The poetical works of Edward Taylor, Differed from other Puritan writers - use of metaphor writing, explored how his identity was shaped by "God's grace"

Fire and Brimstone imagery, helped bring about Great awakening, The last Puritan

19 people executed, Salem Witch Trials

changing the order of words or phrases to accommodate the demands of meter and rhyme

state of being parallel or of corresponding in some way.

figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable

figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid, also using like or as

attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form

occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference

general character or attitude of a place