1. $400 $600 $800 $1000 $200 $400 $600 $800 $1000 $200 $400 $600 $800 $1000 $200 $400 $600 $800 $1000 $200 $400 $600 $800 $1000 $200 IN THE BEGINNING… THE FIRST SETTLERS ISN’T IT ROMANTIC? GOING INTO THE WOODS SITTING BY THE FIRESIDE SCARLET FEVER MORE POETRY THE “WRITE” STUFF POTPURRI 1776 (NOT THE MOVIE)

2. This author is related to a judge who presided at the Salem witchcraft trials. Incidentally, he also wrote The Scarlet Letter.

3. Who is Nathaniel Hawthorne?

4. Hawthorne uses this natural item to demonstrate the uncertainty of symbol.

5. What is the rosebush?

6. Among its meanings, The Scarlet Letter stands for this “a” word, meaning one who can.

7. What is “able”?

8. In the forest, this natural feature represents a barrier between Hester and Dimmesdale as a couple, and their daughter, Pearl.

9. What is the brook?

10. If you had to describe what The Scarlet Letter is about in one word, this would be your word.

11. What is sin?

12. In this poem, the author felt he was different from everyone else.

13. What is “Alone”?

14. In this poem, the author finds the moon to be cold and distant.

15. What is “Evening Star”?

16. In one of the poems we read, this manages to block out the light of the moon.

17. What is a cloud?

18. He is the author of both “Alone” and “Evening Star.”

19. Who is Edgar A. Poe?

20. The speaker empathizes with the evening star (in the poem of the same name) because they share a sense of this.

21. What is isolation?

22. This element of writing is located in the introduction, and needs to be insightful and argumentative?

23. What is the thesis statement?

24. All work submitted in Mr. Mathews’s English class should utilize this format.

25. What is MLA format?

26. All evidence, or quotations, in an essay should be accompanied by this.

27. What is an explanation?

28. A quote is a kind of this, one of the parts of a body paragraph.

29. What is evidence?

30. This is the term used to describe a topic sentence combined with a transition.

31. What is a boundary statement?

32. Edgar A. Poe was related to his wife in this way.

33. What is “they were first cousins”?

34. Longfellow and Bryant are both part of this group of poets.

35. Who are the Fireside Poets?

36. This a modern kind of story that resembles the oral tradition.

37. What is an urban legend?

38. He is the only founding father to sign the Constitution, the peace treaty with Britain, and the Declaration of Independence.

39. Who is Benjamin Franklin?

40. This is a kind of question that is not meant for the audience to answer.

41. What is a rhetorical question?

42. This founding father is also credited with having written The Declaration of Independence.

43. Who is Thomas Jefferson?

44. This term refers to the repetition of the same grammatical structure three or more times, usually for emphasis.

45. What is parallelism?

46. Radical whose famous speech concludes with the words “Give me liberty, or give me death!”

47. Who is Patrick Henry?

48. His “Letters from an American Farmer” describe America as a melting pot.

49. Who is Jean Michael Crevecoeur?

50. He can be considered the embodiment of the American dream. He also published Poor Richard’s Almanac.

51. Who is Benjamin Franklin?