Tomorrow you're going to have a quiz/test on Early American Literature. The quiz/test will cover all of the pieces that we've studied so far. Here's a quick list.
Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States
Use of primary sources in the piece, rhetorical appeals (ethos, pathos, logos), "unlearning"
Native American Literature
views of nature, organization of society, purposes of mythology, cyclical view of life and nature
Mary Rowlandson's "Narrative of the Captivity"
use of allusions, attitude toward the Native Americans, strong woman
Oluadah Equiano
use of irony, difference between Oluadah and Mary in their story and narration, purpose and rhetorical appeals, appeal to the audience
Phillis Wheatley
poetic style, the use of the master's letter, revolutionary and conformist
Anne Bradstreet
Puritan life and womanhood, poetic style
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