1. “Beginnings to 1750” 11th Grade-American Lit. Mrs. Campbell
Unit 1 Test Review
“Beginnings to 1750”
11th Grade-American Lit.
Mrs. Campbell

2. Name that literary term!
Used to compare two things using like or as

3. ANSWER:
Simile

4. Name that literary term!
Account of the experiences of an enslaved person

5. ANSWER:
Slave Narrative

6. Name that literary term!
Writer’s attitude towards his or her subject, characters, or audience

7. ANSWER:
Tone

8. Name that literary term!
Occurs when rhyming words are repeated at the end of lines

9. ANSWER:
End Rhyme

10. Name that literary term!
Central message or insight into life revealed by a literary work

11. ANSWER:
Theme

12. Name that literary term!
When one thing is spoken of as if it were something else

13. ANSWER:
Metaphor

14. Name that literary term!
Using words and details that trigger feelings of sympathy or outrage

15. ANSWER:
Emotional appeal

16. Name that literary term!
The story of real-life events

17. ANSWER:
Narrative account

18. Name that literary term!
Occurs when the rhyming words are similar, but not exact

19. ANSWER:
Slant rhyme

20. Name that literary term!
Stories that explain the inception of natural landmarks and events beyond control

21. ANSWER:
Origin Myth

22. Name that literary term!
Occurs when rhyming words fall within a line

23. ANSWER:
Internal Rhyme

24. Name that literary term!
The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage

25. ANSWER:
Mood

26. Name that author!
This person wrote Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

27. ANSWER:
Jonathan Edwards

28. Name that author!
This person was the son of a tribal leader who was kidnapped and sold into slavery

29. ANSWER:
Olaudah Equiano

30. Name that author!
This person joined a group of Separatists to sail from England to North America

31. ANSWER:
William Bradford

32. Name that author!
This person wrote what is considered to be the first collection of poetry in colonial America

33. ANSWER:
Anne Bradstreet

34. Name that author!
This person became one of the leaders of the Great Awakening

35. ANSWER:
Jonathan Edwards

36. Name that author!
This person wrote “Verses Upon the Burning of Our House”

37. ANSWER:
Anne Bradstreet

38. Name that author!
Denounced sinners by name in his sermons

39. ANSWER:
Jonathan Edwards

40. Answer this question!
What is one of the hardships the Pilgrims faced during their first winter at Plymouth in Of Plymouth Plantation?

41. ANSWER: Diseases such as scurvy Lack of shelter Lack of warmth
Lack of food

42. Answer this question!
The slaves were referred to as “cargo” by the white men according to the account by Olaudah Equiano. What does this say about the view of slaves by white traders?

43. ANSWER:
The white traders didn’t care about the slaves as human beings, but instead of simply property & profit

44. Answer this question!
According to the opening paragraph of Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, what keeps sinners from falling into hell?

45. ANSWER:
The hand of God

46. Answer this question!
Near the end of the sermon, what does Edwards say sinners can obtain? How?

47. ANSWER:
Salvation / Mercy
Ask forgiveness/repent (turn away from sin)

48. Answer this question!
What is one of the main themes evident in “Verses Upon the Burning of Our House”?

49. ANSWER: Don’t fixate on materialistic things
What we have belongs to God anyway
Earth is our temporary home while heaven is our permanent home

50. THAT’S ALL FOLKS!
Good luck on your test tomorrow! Study! I will put this review PPT on my website this afternoon.
 Mrs. Campbell