Beginnings Test Review
Author Information
Write at least 3 facts about each author from this unit
1. Olaudah Equiano
Fact #1: son of tribal elder
Fact #2: kidnapped and sold into slavery
Fact #3: bought his own freedom
2. William Bradford
Fact #1: reelected governor of the colonies 30 times
Fact #2: joined a group of Separatists to sail from England to North America
Fact #3: wrote Of Plymouth Plantation
3. Anne Bradstreet
Fact #1: wrote what is considered first collection of American poetry
Fact #2: did not write for publication
Fact #3: wrote “Upon the Burning of Our House”
4. Jonathan Edwards
Fact #1: became one of the leaders of the Great Awakening
Fact #2: denounced sinners by name in his sermons
Fact #3: wrote Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Literary Terms
For each literary term, write the definition and an example
1. Emotional appeal
Definition: using words and details that trigger feelings of sympathy or outrage
Example: words such as groans and shrieks
2. Slave narrative
Definition: account of the experiences of an enslaved person
Example: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
3. Narrative account
Definition: story of real-life events
Example: Of Plymouth Plantation
4. End rhyme
Definition: rhyming words are repeated at the end of line
Example:
5. Slant rhyme
Definition: rhyming words are similar, but not exact
Example:
6. Internal rhyme
Definition: rhyming fall within a line
Example:
7. Tone
Definition: writer’s attitude toward subject, characters or audience
Example:
8. Mood
Definition: feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage
Example:
9. Theme
Definition: central message or insight into life revealed by a literary work
Example:
10. Simile
Definition: compare two things using like or as
Example:
11. Metaphor
Definition: one thing is spoken of as though it were something else
Example:
12. Origin Myth
Definition: stories that explain the inception of natural landmarks and events beyond control
Example:
Vocabulary 1
Write the definition and part of speech for each vocabulary word from Lesson 1
1. Felicitous
Part of speech: adj
Definition: appropriate
2. Accentuate
Part of speech: v
Definition: to pronounce or mark with an accent
3. Provocative
Part of speech: adj
Definition: stimulating
4. Introspective
Part of speech: adj
Definition: given to examination of one’s own thoughts
5. Inception
Part of speech: n
Definition: a beginning
6. Impregnable
Part of speech: adj
Definition: not capable of being conquered
7. Intricacy
Part of speech: n
Definition: condition or state of being complex
8. Comprehensive
Part of speech: adj
Definition: of wide scope; thorough
9. Ambiguous
Part of speech: adj
Definition: having more than one meaning
10. Vernacular
Part of speech: n
Definition: everyday language