Elements of a story terms terms elements of persuasion elements of poetry
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What is setting?
The time and place of a story called
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What is an allegory?
a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
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Who was inspired by the rationalists ideas and beliefs?
American Revolutionists
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What is rhyme
The repetition of a similar sound and similarity of sound between words
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What is theme?
The central idea or insight revealed by a work of literature
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What are the pilgrims?
English settlers who established the Plymouth Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts, they held Puritan Calvinist religious beliefs but, unlike most other Puritans, they maintained that their congregations should separate from the English state church.
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what are tinkerers?
they had to make do with what was on hand to achieve results
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What is free verse?
When a poem is written with lines that do not have a regular meter and do not contain rhyme
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What is conflict?
The struggle or clash between opposing characters, forces, or emotions
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What is a puritan?
a member of a group of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the Reformation of the Church of England under Elizabeth as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship.
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Whittier, Holmes, Lowell, and Longfellow are all know as__________ ______?
Fireside poets
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What is assonance?
The repetition of vowel sounds in two or more words
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What is dramatic climax/
The emotional turning point in a piece of literature
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What is a rationalist?
a person who bases their opinions and actions on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response.
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Brought over by the puritans and adversely affected entire villages already established in this new land
smallpox
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What is metaphor?
An implied comparison between two unusually unrelated things that do NOT use "like" or "as"
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What is exposition?
The background information given within a story of narrative
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What is free verse?
open form of poetry which in its modern form arose through the French vers libre form. It does not use consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any musical pattern. It thus tends to follow the rhythm of natural speech.
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where did Cotton Mather go to college?
Harvard University
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What is a 5 line stanza?
A quintet






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