A Study Guide for a Puritan Unit
A study guide for our Puritan Unit.
Answer the following questions in complete sentences and submit to turnitin.com before the end of class.
Puritan Plain Style 1. Describe the characteristics of Puritan Plain Style. a. The main characteristics of Puritan Plain Style are that it was very straightforward, and it did not really have to be too deep. Also, it did not use many figures of speech and it was very simple writing. 2. Compare and contrast the main themes of “To My Dear and Loving Husband” (102) by Anne Bradstreet, and “Huswifery” (101) by Edward Taylor. b. Both poems have to do mainly with love, and both are full of emotion. The only difference that is very noticeable is that one sounds extremely desperate, while the other is much more just straightforward love. 3. What is the main purpose of a sermon? How does Jonathan Edwards, in “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry G-d” (108) reach his audience? c. The main purpose of a sermon is to pass and express religious and moral ideas to the audience. In “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry G-d”, Jonathan Edwards emanates a very angry and furious tone. He reaches his audience by yelling at them. He believes that this gets more attention from the audience than just plainly talking. One can notice that he is yelling by the tone that his poem has. 4. What is the effect of the type of narrator used in “The Devil and Tom Walker” (242) by Washington Irving? d. The narrator in “The Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving has a very gloomy, very scary tone. The author tries to capture the reader’s attention by keeping the narration very dark and lugubrious.
The Crucible 1. What does the Overture in Act I tell us? a. The Overture in Act I explains to us the setting of the first scene. It also tells us that Reverend Parris is very worried about his daughter, because something happened to her that she cannot move, and that she cannot even wake up. 2. What is the
Answer the following questions in complete sentences and submit to turnitin.com before the end of class.
Puritan Plain Style 1. Describe the characteristics of Puritan Plain Style. a. The main characteristics of Puritan Plain Style are that it was very straightforward, and it did not really have to be too deep. Also, it did not use many figures of speech and it was very simple writing. 2. Compare and contrast the main themes of “To My Dear and Loving Husband” (102) by Anne Bradstreet, and “Huswifery” (101) by Edward Taylor. b. Both poems have to do mainly with love, and both are full of emotion. The only difference that is very noticeable is that one sounds extremely desperate, while the other is much more just straightforward love. 3. What is the main purpose of a sermon? How does Jonathan Edwards, in “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry G-d” (108) reach his audience? c. The main purpose of a sermon is to pass and express religious and moral ideas to the audience. In “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry G-d”, Jonathan Edwards emanates a very angry and furious tone. He reaches his audience by yelling at them. He believes that this gets more attention from the audience than just plainly talking. One can notice that he is yelling by the tone that his poem has. 4. What is the effect of the type of narrator used in “The Devil and Tom Walker” (242) by Washington Irving? d. The narrator in “The Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving has a very gloomy, very scary tone. The author tries to capture the reader’s attention by keeping the narration very dark and lugubrious.
The Crucible 1. What does the Overture in Act I tell us? a. The Overture in Act I explains to us the setting of the first scene. It also tells us that Reverend Parris is very worried about his daughter, because something happened to her that she cannot move, and that she cannot even wake up. 2. What is the