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FALL MIDTERM REVIEW
NONFICTION
• Writing that claims to be true
• biographies, autobiographies, histories, memoirs
• Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation, Equiano’s The Interesting Narrative
DRAMA
• Writing that is intended to be acted out on a stage by performers in front of an audience
• Arthur Miller’s The Crucible
NARRATIVE
• Writing that tells a story
• Can be either fictional or true
•Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation, Equiano’s The Interesting Narrative
PURITAN BELIEFS
• PREDESTINATION—God “elects” people to go to heaven or hell before they are born
• “City upon a Hill”—Model community guided by God’s law; an example for others to follow
• Theocracy—government based on religious laws/beliefs
PURITAN CHARACTERISTICS
• PURITAN PLAIN STYLE—plain style of writing that uses common, simple language & references everyday objects
• Writing is for spiritual instruction & must glorify God.
• Archaic language—words that were common to them but are no longer used today (thee, they, thou, etc.)
• Besides spiritual poetry, NONFICTION ONLY!• Diaries, journals, histories, narrative accounts
REVOLUTIONARY BELIEFS
• INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM is important above everything else! How is this different from the Puritans?
• Faced problems with tyrannical government—believed they must overcome these problems.
• RATIONAL thinking & LOGIC/REASON are valued over religious faith and intuition. How is this different from the Puritans?
REVOLUTIONARY WRITING
• Some want to remain loyal while others want freedom, so must recruit people for the cause
• Literature is still nonfiction• Persuasive in nature
• Ben Franklin is one of the most popular authors.• He sought to improve himself through introspection &
wrote about his experience with self-improvement in hopes that others might learn from him and do the same.
ITALICS or “QUOTATION MARKS”?
• Underlining is the same as italicizing. However, only use underlining when you are handwriting an essay; never use it when you are typing on a computer. When typing, use italics instead of underlining.• Long works (novels, plays, epic poems) or titles of larger works
(magazines, newspapers, journals)
• Use “quotation marks” for smaller works or small “parts” of a larger work.• Short stories, poems, chapters of novels, articles in magazines or
newspapers
WHICH “ONE”?
ITALICS QUOTATION MARKS
Title of a CD “Title of a Song”
Title of a Magazine “Article from Magazine”
Title of a Television Show “Title of Episode”
Title of Scholarly Research Journal “Title of Article”
Epic Poem “Regular Poem”
Title of Entire Newspaper “Article from Newspaper”
Novel Title “Chapter Title”
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