Early American Unit Test A
American Literature
Mr. Geis
Directions: Match the correct letter to the space provided. If there is no answer, write NA.
_____Author who wrote a slave narrative.
A. Iroquois
_____Author who used parallel structure in a speech.
B. Okanogon
_____Tribe who created a myth about a coyote and a buffalo
C. Equiano
_____Author who used a spider metaphor in a sermon.
D. John Smith
_____Character created the horns of a buffalo.
E. William Bradford
_____Tribe who created a myth about the creation of the earth.
F. Anne Bradstreet
_____Author who wrote about why the colonists should fight the British.
G. Edward Taylor
_____The first American poet.
H. Jonathon Edwards
_____Author who listed the colonial grievances about King George in a legal document. I. Patrick Henry
____Adventurer who was saved from death by an Indian Princess.
Directions: Write a T for true and a F for false in the space provided.
_____Paine used mythology in the “Crises”.
_____Abigail Adams wrote a poem about her house burning down.
_____Thomas Paine attacked the British Tories attitude towards the war.
_____The “Great Awaking” was a political movement in the Puritan culture.
_____A spinning wheel was used as a simile in the poem “Burning House…..”
_____Anne Bradstreet experienced a inner conflict concerning materialism in her poem.
_____Indian Culture used creation myths to answer questions about life.
_____William Bradford was a president in Jamestown.
_____An extended metaphor was used in the “Turtle” myth.
_____In the myth “Coyote and a Buffalo”, the coyote is a “trickster” character.
Answer the following in a complete sentence.
Explain the theme in “Narrative of Olaudah Equino”.
Explain what is taught in the “Buffalo” myth.
Explain the meaning of “Summer soldiers” in the Crises.
Name and explain one literary device in the “Crises”.
Explain the aphorism, “Well done is better than well said”.
J. Thomas Jefferson
K. wolf
M. Thomas Payne
Early American Unit Test B
American Literature
Mr. Geis
Directions: Match the correct letter to the space provided. If there is no answer, write NA.
_____Tribe who created a myth about the creation of the earth.
A. Anne Bradstreet
_____Author who wrote about why the colonists should fight the British.
B.. Edward Taylor
_____The first American poet.
C. Jonathon Edwards
_____Author who listed the colonial grievances about King George in a legal document. D. Patrick Henry
____Adventurer who was saved from death by an Indian Princess.
_____Author who wrote a slave narrative.
E. Thomas Jefferson
F. Iroquois
_____Author who used parallel structure in a speech.
G. Okanogon
_____Tribe who created a myth about a coyote and a buffalo
H. Equiano
_____Author who used a spider metaphor in a sermon.
J. John Smith
_____Character created the horns of a buffalo.
K. William Bradford
M. wolf
O. Thomas Payne
Directions: Write a T for true and a F for false in the space provided.
_____Anne Bradstreet experienced a inner conflict concerning materialism in her poem.
_____Indian Culture used creation myths to answer questions about life.
_____William Bradford was a president in Jamestown.
_____An extended metaphor was used in the “Turtle” myth.
_____In the myth “Coyote and a Buffalo”, the coyote is a “trickster” character.
_____Paine used mythology in the “Crises”.
_____Abigail Adams wrote a poem about her house burning down.
_____Thomas Paine attacked the British Tories attitude towards the war.
_____The “Great Awaking” was a political movement in the Puritan culture.
_____A spinning wheel was used as a simile in the poem “Burning House…..”
Answer the following in a complete sentence.
Name and explain one literary device in the “Crises”.
Explain the aphorism, “Well done is better than well said”.
Explain the theme in “Narrative of Olaudah Equino”.
Explain what is taught in the “Buffalo” myth.
Explain the meaning of “Summer soldiers” in the Crises.
Early American Unit 1
Literary Analysis Essay
Mr. Geis
Direction: On your own paper, write a two paragraph “Summary-Analysis” Essay on your favorite selection in Unit 1.
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Write the name of the selection you have chosen as the title of your paper.
Skip a space after the title, between your paragraphs, and the last space at the bottom of your paper.
Stay in the 1 inch margins.
Include and label a compound or a complex sentence in the essay.
You may write on the back of the page if needed. Quality is more important that quantity.
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In the first three sentences, create a thematic introduction. You may use a question as one of the sentences.
Include the name of the selection and the author in sentence 4. “This is the theme/main idea of….
Include a short summary of the plot of the selection.
Name, describe, or explain 2 literary devices, figures of speech, or rhetorical devices.
Use quotes or examples from the selection for details and examples.
Explain the author’s tone in the selection. Give an example or quote.
Explain how the theme or lesson of the selection could possibly connect to, or influence your life today.