Collection 1 Study Guide
Name: ____________________
Every part of study guide must be completed in order to get extra credit pts.
Story
Native American
Myths
Jonathan Edwards
Speech
Anne Bradstreet
Poem
Ben Franklin
Patrick Henry and
Thomas Paine
Literary Focus
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Archetype
Persuasive technique
 Fear
Figurative Language Definitions
 Simile: comparison of 2 different things using like or as
 Metaphor: comparison of 2 different things w/o using like
or as
 Personification: giving animals or objects human
characteristics
 Imagery: creating picture with words and relates to 1 or
more of the 5 senses.
 Inversion
Define Aphorism and write an example
 Brief, cleverly worded statement offering wisdom about life
 A bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush
List 8 Persuasive Techniques and define Allusion, Analogies,
Anecdotes, Parallelism, Rhetorical, Loaded Words, Periodic
Sentence .
 Style
 Analogies: One on one comparison between two things to
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show how they are alike
Anecdotes: A brief story told to make a point or serve as an
example of something
Loaded Words: Persuasive technique: powerful words that
create emotional response
Allusion: Reference to literary work or historical event
Parallelism: Persuasive device involving the repetition of
grammatical structure.
Rhetorical Questions: Persuasive technique: question asked
for effect
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Periodic sentence: Persuasive technique: main clause is found
at the end of the sentence
2 Techniques that are used for emotional appeals:
 Loaded Words
 Rhetorical Questions
1. Complete the Patrick Henry/Thomas Paine Comparison Chart and study similarities
and differences. Be prepared to write about them. Attach separate sheet.
2. Compare the different belief systems of the Native Americans, Puritans and
Rationalists. Create a 3 way Venn diagram or a table looking at their religious and
Collection 1 Study Guide
Name: ____________________
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philosophical beliefs. Be sure to look at similarities and differences. Attach Separate
Sheet.
The final part of the test is an extended response section and you will get a choice of
1 of 3 questions to answer. Henry/Paine chart and the above comparison could help
with this.
The first part of the test is based on reading a selection of Early American literature
and answering vocabulary questions and comprehension questions. They want you
to practice using context clues and reading difficult text strategies. In this section
you will need to be able to identify different literary focus techniques from table on
the front, to use context clues to identify words, and to demonstrate an
understanding/comprehension of the text. You can find help with Context Clues on
pg 66.
3. This is an excerpt from the reading selection on the test. Read the lines carefully and
write a brief 4-6 sentence summary of the selection. If you are having trouble
understanding the selection, I would recommend writing a short translation/summary of
each sentence rather than a general summary. Attach summary.
FROM “What Is an American?”
Letters from an American Farmer
by Michel-Guillaume Jean de Crèvecoeur
I wish I could be acquainted with the feelings and thoughts which must agitate the heart and present
themselves to the mind of an enlightened Englishman when he first lands on this continent. He must
greatly rejoice that he lived at a time to see this fair country discovered and settled; he must necessarily
feel a share of national pride when he views the chain of settlements which embellishes these extended
shores. When he says to himself, this is the work of my countrymen, who, when convulsed by
factions, afflicted by a variety of miseries and wants, restless and impatient, took refuge here. They
brought along with them their national genius, to which they principally owe what liberty they enjoy
and what substance they possess. Here he sees the industry of his native country displayed in a new
manner, and traces in their works the embryos of all the arts, sciences, and ingenuity which flourish in
Europe. Here he beholds fair cities, substantial villages, extensive fields, an immense country filled
with decent houses, good roads, orchards, meadows, and bridges, where a hundred years ago all was
wild, woody, and uncultivated! What a train of pleasing ideas this fair spectacle must suggest! It is a
prospect which must inspire a good citizen with the most heartfelt pleasure. The difficulty consists in
the manner of viewing so extensive a scene. He is arrived on a new continent; a modern society offers
itself to his contemplation, different from what he had hitherto seen. It is not composed, as in Europe,
of great lords who possess everything, and of a herd of people who have nothing. Here are no
aristocratical families, no courts, no kings, no bishops, no ecclesiastical dominion, no invisible power
giving to a few a very visible one, no great manufacturers employing thousands, no great refinements
of luxury. The rich and the poor are not so far removed from each other as they are in Europe…
Answer these 3 questions on this page:
1. Who is he writing to? People in Europe/England
Collection 1 Study Guide
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2. What does the author think Englishmen arriving in the colonies must feel?
Excitement and pride
3. How does the author say the colonies are different from England?
No lords who own all the land, no nobility, no great manufacturers, no great
luxuries
4. How does he describe America?Here he beholds fair cities, substantial villages,
extensive fields, an immense country filled with decent houses, good roads,
orchards, meadows, and bridges, where a hundred years ago all was wild, woody,
and uncultivated!
5. What qualities does he admire in Americans? They brought along with them their national
genius, to which they principally owe what liberty they enjoy and what substance they possess. Here he
sees the industry of his native country displayed in a new manner, and traces in their works the embryos
of all the arts, sciences, and ingenuity which flourish in Europe.
Be sure you know what each of these literary term means. You need to be able to define them.
21. ____ Analogy
22. ____ Anecdote
24. ____ Autobiography
25. ____ Imagery
26. ____ Infer
27. ____ Inversion
28. ____ Allusion
29. ____ Aphorism
30. ____ Simile
31. ____ Metaphor
32. ____ Personification
33. ____ Periodic Sentence
34. ____ Loaded Words
35. ____ Rhetorical Question
36. ____ Parallelism