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UNIT INTRODUCTION
THE RESTORATION AND THE 18TH CENTURY: 1660–1798
Use this outline to take notes on the key ideas of the Unit 3 Historical Essay. If you
need more space, you might add notes on another sheet of paper or create your own
outline using this one as a framework.
I. HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND IDEAS OF THE AGE
A. The Reign of Charles II (p. 563)
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B. Royalty and the People (pp. 564–565)
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C. The Age of Reason (pp. 565–566)
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II. LITERATURE OF THE TIMES
A. Social Observers (pp. 567–568)
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B. Satirical Voices (pp. 568–569)
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C. The Age of Johnson (pp. 569–570)
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D. The Rise of Women Writers (pp. 570–571)
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British Literature
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NONFICTION IN THE 18TH CENTURY
Fill in the blanks to make complete sentences that will help you remember these ideas and definitions.
A New World of Ideas
1. In England, the works of the philosophers _________________ and
______________ helped spark the Enlightenment.
2. The spread of _______________ in the 17th century increased literacy among the
__________________ in the 18th century.
3. During the Enlightenment, readers generally preferred _________________to fiction.
The Development of the Essay
4. An essay is
5. The word _______________ comes from the title of French philosopher
_______________ ’s collection of writings, Essais, meaning “_______________.”
6. The first prominent English essayist was
7. An informal essay is
8. A formal essay
Other Forms of Nonfiction
9. ____________ and _____________ often provide personal details of everyday life at the time they were written.
10. Biography is nonfiction in which
11. _____________ and ________________ are works in which people recall significant events in their own lives.
Strategies for Reading Nonfiction
12. Using your own words, describe four helpful strategies for reading nonfiction on the lines provided.
The Rise of Journalism
13. Use the timeline on pages 572–573 to complete each item.
__________ Newspapers expand as licensing restrictions are lifted.
__________ England’s first __________ is published.
__________ Addison and Steele found The Spectator.
14. The timeline lists three important periodicals: the ____________________, __________________, and
_____________________.