I am not promising that I will only include the items on this list or not include items that are not on this list; however, I am more than willing to help you with studying most of the items that will be on your test. Good luck!
Major authors to know:
Arthur Miller: The Crucible
Anne Bradstreet: “To My Dear and Loving Husband” and “Upon the Burning of Our House”
Jonathan Edwards: “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”
William Bradford: “Of Plymouth Plantation”
Puritans
o Style: very plain, black white or grey, simple
o Religion: Christian, Protestant
o Banned activities: horse racing, gathering without permission, dancing, singing…
o Types of churches: plain, no elaborate decoration
o They wanted to reform the Anglican church
o “city upon a hill” and a “New Jerusalem”
o Did not believe in religious tolerance
o Corporate righteousness
o Pilgrims were okay with separating from England, Puritans didn’t want to
o Puritans did not make peace with the Native Americans, Pilgrims did
o Believed in witches and spirits, very superstitious
Salem Witch Trials
o A group of girls in a Puritan village began blaming others for being witches and having the devil in them. The Puritans, since they were superstitious, believed them. Many were hanged before it was discovered that they were using the system for others’ gain.
Poetry Terms
o Alliteration
o Rhyme Scheme
o Assonance
o Consonance
o Symbolism
o Metaphor
o imagery
o Extended Metaphor
o Personification
o Hyperbole
o Archaic Language
o Inverted Syntax
Vocabulary
o Colony
o Colonist
o Chronicle
o Self-rule
o Parliament
o Import/export
o Ethos/pathos/logos
o Appease
o Abhors
o Benevolent
I may give you quotations from any of our works in literature that you will have to identify and explain the context. In other words, be familiar with all of our texts and be ready to figure out where a quotation is coming from, who wrote it, and what it means in the text.
Important Characters to Know from The Crucible:
o Rev. Parris and Rev. Hale
o Betty
o Abigail
o John and Elizabeth Proctor
o Mary Warren
o Tituba
o Ruth
*** Make sure you know their relationships to each other
Be able to give an example of any of the following Human Frailties in The Crucible:
o Lust
o Pride
o Greed
o Revenge
o Ignorance
o Self-indulgence
o Dishonestly
Know the following Propaganda Techniques and be prepared to give an example:
o Bandwagon
o Testimonial
o Transfer
o Repetition
o Plain Folk
o Otherness
o Mass marketing of a sub culture
o Collective memories
o Humanizing technology
o Strong women
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