1. Background Information Literary Terms “Of Plymouth Plantation” “Upon the Burning of Our House” “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” 200 400 600 800 1000

2. What did the Native Americans’ literature consist of?

3. Children’s stories, chants, songs, and fairytales

4. What did the Puritans mostly write?

5. Diaries, histories, and spiritual poetry

6. Puritans believed that people fell into two categories. What were these categories?

7. “The elect” and “The damned”

8. What was the time period range of the Puritan period?

9. 1620 – 1765

10. Each Puritan was trained to view his/her life as what?

11. A journey to salvation

12. Inversion

13. When words of a sentence or line of poetry are arranged out of normal English language order

14. Puritan Plain Style

15. A way of writing that stresses simplicity and clarity of expression

16. Parallelism

17. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures

18. Archaic words

19. Words belonging to an earlier period

20. Extended metaphor

21. A metaphor that is extended or developed over a number of lines or with several examples

22. Who wrote “Of Plymouth Plantation”?

23. William Bradford

24. How does the author describe the Native Americans?

25. with a mixture of fear and respect

26. What did the colonists do first when they arrived in North America?

27. They fell to their knees and blessed God

28. How do you know that the Puritans valued fairness?

29. A small group of colonists cared for all of the others when they were sick

30. What is a good summary of “The Starving Time” section?

31. Many people died, and the few strong people took care of the weak

32. Who wrote “Upon the Burning of Our House”?

33. Anne Bradstreet

34. What does the author criticize herself for?

35. Valuing material possessions too much

36. In addition to the things she lost, what else does the author emphasize?

37. Her memories of happy occasions in the house

38. What does the author mean by “I blest His name that gave and took…”?

39. Her material objects were ultimately God’s and not hers

40. What does the author say that God will provide for her?

41. Everything that she needs

42. Who wrote “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”?

43. Jonathan Edwards

44. The author taps into his audience’s fear of what?

45. Burning forever in a fiery pit

46. How is God presented?

47. As angry and vengeful

48. The author builds a sense of urgency and peril by suggesting what?

49. That death and damnation may occur at any moment

50. What must people do to escape God’s anger and experience peace in Heaven?

51. Experience a “change of heart” and accept God