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| type of metaphor using like or as |
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| comparison where one is as if it is the other |
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| comparison where two things are alike in one aspect and different in others (direct) |
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| thing that represents itself and something else |
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| a symbol recongnizable to everyone |
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| rhetorical technique where reference is made to event, people, stories, etc. |
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| a rhetorical technique in which a writer emphasizes the equal value or weight of two or more ideas by expressing them in the same grammatical form |
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| a story that explains objects or events in the natural world as resulting form the action of some supernatural force or entity |
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| the emotional attitude toward the reader or toward the subject implied by a literay work |
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| the emotion created in the reader by parts or all of the literary work |
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| the vantage point from which a story is told |
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| the primary purpose that his or her work is meant to achieve |
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| a pair of rhyming lines that express a complete thought |
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| an exaggeration made for rhetorical effect |
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| a statement that contradicts itself |
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| is a pair of words, generally at the ends of lines of verse, that are spelled similarly but pronounced differently |
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| a literay work is the general impression or emotional impact that it achieves |
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| the importance placed on an element in a literary work |
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| The Iroquois Constitution |
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author: Iroquois indians
author facts: n/a
author styles: n/a
nature: peaceful, respectful toward nature
religion: nature is God like
point of view: 1st person
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story line: peaceful, leader needs certain aspects
general info: tree |
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author: Tewa tribe
author facts: n/a
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nature: song
religion: mother earth, father sky
point of view: writer is child of mother earth and father sky
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story line: mother earth and father sky give people what they need (tapestry)
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| The Very Brief Relations of the Devastation of the Indies (Devastation) |
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author:Barolome de last Casas
author facts: missionary, but believed what they were doing to the natives was wrong
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nature: makes Spaniards/Christians look bad
religion: Christian
point of view: 3rd person (Christians)
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story line: Christians enslave natives and make them do horrible things and although it is illegal, the judges do nothing because they are making money
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| The General History of Virginia |
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author: John Smith
author facts: Jamestown Colony
author styles: conceitied
nature: makes Smith look great,helped by natives
religion: Christian
point of view: 1st and 3rd person, conceited
work aspects: if you don't work, you don't eat
story line: captured by natives, escapes, and natives help
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author: William Bradford
author facts: came over on Mayflower
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nature: on boat, landing, Thanksgiving
religion: Puritians
point of view: 3rd person
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story line: Puritians on Mayflower, landing, and first Thanksgiving
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author: Anonymous
author facts: n/a
author styles: n/a
nature: alphabet
religion: Puritian
point of view: n/a
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story line: rhyming couplets
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| To My Dear and Loving Husband |
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author: Anne Bradstreet
author facts: educated as child, wrote poetry as child, came to Americas with husband and brother-in-law published works
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nature: poem
religion: Puritian
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story line:love between husband and wife
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| Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God |
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author: Jonathan Edwards
author facts: minister
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nature: scary, powerful, supieror
religion: Puritian
point of view: speech
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story line: sermon, God could move his hand at any time
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| Upon the Burning of Our House |
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author: Anne Bradstreet
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nature: poem
religion: Puritian
point of view: 1st person
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story line: silent, sorrowing, hope
general info: material possession are not as important as faith/God |
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| Hellfire and the Limelight |
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author: about Jonathan Edwards
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nature: important to religion
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point of view: article
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story line:
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| Letters form an American Farmer |
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author: Crevecoeur
author facts:
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nature: article
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story line:
general info: what it means to be an America |
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