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14 Cards in this Set
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The writers of the Enlightenment published many |
political treatises and pamphlets |
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The literary period which used a rational and scientific approach is |
the Enlightenment Period |
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Explorers like Columbus kept journals |
to impress the people back home upon their returns |
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passed down orally by tradition and was written down later |
Native American Literature |
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Puritan literature is mainly |
non-fiction poetry, journals, and sermons about daily life |
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Writers from the Enlightenment Period valued |
valued reason and science |
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What was the purpose of the "Mayflower Compact"? |
to form a temporary government and be bound by its laws |
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The "audience" of a piece of literature |
may be a specific group of readers, such as young women |
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Tone of a piece of literature is determined by |
analyzing the word choices and identifying the author's attitude toward the subject |
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How can a reader analyze a passage for theme? |
analyze the passage tone, subject and paraphrase the passage into your own words |
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"O sinner! Consider the fearful danger you are in: it is a great furnace of wrath, a wide and bottomless pit, full of fire of wrath, incensed a much against you, as against many of the damned in hell. You hang by a slender thread, with the flames of divine wrath flashing about it and ready every moment to singe it and burn it asunder, |
identify words here that help us know the tone is threatening and not angry
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From Christopher Columbus' journal: At sunset Martin Alonzo called out with great joy from his vessel that he saw land, and demanded of the Admiral a reward for his intelligence. The Admiral says, when he heard him declare this, he fell on his knees and returned thanks to God, and Martin Alonzo with his crew repeated Gloria in excelsis Deo, What is the tone? |
joyful |
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Three of the readings in this section are excerpts from personal journals. Why did the author's write down their adventures in a journal? What was their purpose? |
to express the self with tales of personal experience and emotion
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When Columbus arrived in 1492, the number of Native Americans was estimated at 14 million. In 2012, the Native American population was 5.2 million. What percent did the Native American population decrease between 1492 and 2012? Hint: Percent decrease = (original - new)/original |
62.8% decrease
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