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Thomas Jefferson
Primary writer of the Declaration of Independence
Benjamin Franklin
A famous inventor and ambassador
Jonathan Edwards
Famous Boston preacher during the Great Awakening
William Bradford
Leader and recorder of Plymouth settlement
Thomas Paine
Published revolutionary pamphlets
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
A fiery sermon given to inspire the Puritans to pursue a personal relationship with God ... before it's too late
The Declaration of Independence
The short document containing a syllogism that provided the logic behind the American Colonies' rebellion from English rule
"The Crisis"
An essay and pamphlet written to inspire the colonists to keep fighting even though the winter was bleak
"Of Plymouth Plantation"
Written as a record of the Plymouth Plantation
"Speech to the Virginia Convention"
Inspiring speech by Patrick Henry that was given to the Virginia governing body to inspire them to join the Revolution
Puritans/Separatists
Group that wanted to "purify" and "separate from" the religion of England
Enlightenment or The Age of Reason
The time period defined by a greater reliance on science as the source of truth and education as the highest from of personal improvement
The Great Awakening
The period of revival during which Puritans were encouraged to abandon cultural faith for a personal relationship with God
Plymouth Plantation
The settlement in Massachusetts established by the Puritans who travelled on the Mayflower
The Reformation
The widespread creation of Protestant denominations throughout Europe
Onomatopoeia
"Their clanking can be heard on the plains of Boston"
Parallelism
"We have petition
Rhetorical Question
"But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week
Alliteration
"The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will ... shrink from the service of his country ..."
Biblical allusion
"Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed by a kiss"
Deism
The belief that God is the "clockmaker" who made the world and then withdrew His involvement
A personal relationship with God
This new way of thinking about religion was pushed by Jonathan Edwards and other preachers during The Great Awakening
Rationalism
The reliance on science and logic as the way to find the truth
Slavery
Hyperbolic comparisons were made with this cultural institution to make imagery-rich points about America's relationship with Britain
Natural rights
The philosopher John Locke put forward this idea
Thomas Paine
The author who writes
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
This famous sermon includes the line: "Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering
Patrick Henry
This man gave a famous speech that included the line
Benjamin Franklin
This author talks about his "most awkward
"The American Crisis #1"
In this essay and pamphlet
Jonathan Edwards
Who kicked off the Great Awakening with his charismatic preaching?
Thomas Jefferson
The Declaration of Independence was primarily written by...
False
Patrick Henry said "the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will shrink" True or False?
Samoset
Squanto and his friend helped the settlers of Plymouth Rock. What was the friend's name?
John Locke
Who was the philosopher who influenced the Founding Fathers with his ideas about individual rights?
The Declaration of Independence
What document says
Jonathan Edwards
Which guy went to Yale at 13 years old?
Benjamin Franklin
Who was an ambassador to France during the Revolutionary War?
False
Alliteration is a reference to a text/event outside the original text. True or False?
Pathos
Thomas Paine tells an anecdote about a child in order to make what type of rhetorical appeal?
Anne Bradstreet
Whose poetry did we read?
less corporate and more individual relationship with God
The biggest spiritual shift that happened during the Great Awakening was...
Allusion
A reference to a text/event outside the original text is...
True
Benjamin Franklin invented bifocals. True or False?
Patrick Henry
"Give me liberty or death!"
True
A metaphor compares two things without using "like" or "as". True or False?
Alliteration
Using the same consonant sounds at the beginning of words close together is called...
Hyperbole
A purposeful exaggeration is called...
Tone
The attitude of an author toward their work is called...
Rhetorical Question
Patrick Henry uses this rhetorical device repeatedly throughout his speech:
Onomatopoeia
The "clanking" of chains is an example of...
False
Henry and Paine were referring to the actual possibility of slavery for the colonists when they mentioned "chains"
Repetition
When an author/speakers uses the same word or phrase over and over throughout a text it's called...
Thomas Jefferson
This guy served as Sec. of State
Thomas Paine
This guy worked odd jobs until he got fired and moved to America at 37
William Bradford
Who wrote "Of Plymouth Plantation"?
The Declaration of Independence
Which document that we read contained a syllogism?
Patrick Henry
Which young lawyer gave a stirring speech to the Virginia legislature?
Thomas Paine
Which guy wrote articles and pamphlets encouraging the colonists to fight the British?
Communicate the Puritans urgent need to repent
Edwards preached his famous sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" to...
Celebrate God's providence in providing Squanto and Samoset
In "Of Plymouth Plantation
False
Deists believe that God is sovereign and involved in human existence. True or False?
Henry VIII
The Church of England was created by....
Protestant
The Puritans and Separatists were persecuted because they were...
False
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" has only one terrorizing tone throughout. True or False?
Parallelism
Which literary device means using similar phrases close together?
Protestantism
The Reformation marked the beginning of...
William Cullen Bryant
Wrote the poem that began the American Romantic period
Emily Dickinson
Wrote poems in her room alone because she had agoraphobia
Henry David Thoreau
Arrested for not paying a tax
James Fenimore Cooper
Wrote "The Lake Gun" and "The Last of the Mohicans"
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Began the Transcendentalism movement with his speeches and essays
"Thanatopsis"
A poem about how death is natural
"The Lake Gun"
The story about the log floating upright around a lake
"Nature"
The essay that started the Transcendentalist movement
"Walden"
Written while the author spent two years living next to a pond
"Civil Disobedience"
This essay was written after the author spent time in jail
The Fireside Poets
The group of poets who were popular and considered family friendly.
Deism
The theology that defined a lot of Romantic literature
Pantheism
The religious thought that defined Transcendentalism (nature+soul=god)
The lyceum movement
The movement of public speaking engagements to educate the wider community
The utopian movement
The movement to create perfect societies
Personification
"The oak shall send his roots abroad
Analogy
"It is a sort of wooden gun on the people themselves ..."
Classical allusion
"Or perchance [the ant] was some Achilles
Simile
"As a pale phantom with a lamp/ Ascends some ruin's haunted stair
Personification
"To him who in the love of Nature holds/ Communion with her visible forms
The love of the common man
The elevation of uneducated people who live closer to nature
Pantheism
The belief that god is in all nature and all people
Imagination/perception
Romantic writers emphasized this over reason as a way of discerning truth
Nature
Some element of this source of truth comes into play in all Romantic literature
Romantic hero
The idea that anyone
"Moonlight"
This poem is about the transformative power of the imagination on a moonlit night
"Nature"
In this essay about Transcendentalism
Henry David Thoreau
This author wrote the words
"Walden"
This book includes the famous line
"The Lake Gun"
This story includes the line
deism vs. pantheism
What is one major difference between Romanticism and Transcendentalism?
William Cullen Bryant
Who wrote the poem "Thanatopsis"?
an old Seneca chief
In "The Lake Gun
Note 
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