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What is a Puritan?A number of Protestant groups

that sought to purify the Church of England. They did not believe that the clergy or

government should act as a messenger to God.

Say ‘goodbye’

to your

money!

Put in jail, whipped, their noses slit, and their ears

chopped off

How were Puritans persecuted in

England?

You are

broke!

They were being persecuted in England.

They were affair of losing their English Protestant

identities.

Why did the Puritans go to

Holland and why did they leave Holland?

What did the Puritans believe?-Most of humanity was damned for eternity, except for a few saved by the death of Jesus.-The Puritans were unsure whether they were “elect” or “unregenerate”-They were unsure if they were saved, so they looked for signs :

- you could feel the grace of good in emotional states

- you could see signs in your behavior and the world around you. - Puritans looked closely at the world and their lives for these signs… that is why they wrote so much

Where’s

your

money

gone?

Unlucky!

How did the Puritans govern themselves?

-They used contracts, like the contract (10 commandments) God

made with humanity. -- However it wasn’t a democracy because all people were expected

to be good Puritans…. No acceptance of other religions or

thoughts. -- the elect should have more say

than the damned

Oh

dear!

-It was the word of God… how

they should live their lives

-The Bible was the handbook by

which they lived their lives

-They looked at it for signs they

were “elect” by comparing it to

their lives

What role did the bible play in the lives of the

Puritans?

Which author’s home

burnt down?Anne Bradstreet

Why was Rowlandson

abducted along with her family?The Native

Americans were starving and needed

the ransom to buy food

Oops!

Because her possessions are nothing compared to the home waiting for her

in heaven.

Why were Anne Bradstreet’s

possessions “pilf”

What was the extended metaphor Bradstreet used in

her poem?She compared heaven to the

perfect home.

How do Bradstreet’s Puritan

beliefs give her strength to lose her

house?

She believes she is one of the saved and will go to heaven.

She believes all her experiences are a sign

of God’s love… the lose of her possessions

is a gift from God as a lesson to value

spiritual matters.

Rowlandson uses allusions to illustrate how her

suffering relates to the bible. She sees them as a

sign she is one of the saved.

How and why does Rowlandson use

allusions in her narrative? Give one example from the

text.

They were eating horrible food such as insects, horse ears,

and rotting meat.

How do we know Rowlandson’s captors were

desperate for food?

Only a few are saved. If his listener is not saved,

the only reason the listener hasn’t fallen into hell is God is holding him

up.

What was the main

idea of Edwards’

sermon?

He uses it to describe God’s

wrath.

Example: spider’s web holding

up a rock

Flooding water held back by a

dam

How does Edwards

use metaphor? Give

an example.

Which vocabulary word is…….(adjective) unimaginable; beyond understanding

inconceivable

Savory

Fillin the sentence with the correct

vocabulary word:The delicious and

_________dinner was wonderful.

You lost

everything

!

What is an example of an

extended metaphor?

(3 sentences)

Metaphor Practice:

Make a metaphor to…..1.Describe somebody who is mean.

2.Describe somebody who is smart.

3.Describe a person who is slow.

Fog  

by Carl Sandburg

The fog comes on little cat feet.

It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on.

What is the extended metaphor in the following poem?

Allusion Practice:

Which of these sentences are not allusions?

1. The girl's love of sweets was her Achilles heel.

2. He was a fat and ugly man.

3. Terry hated ice cream and soda, just as his mother did.

4. The zoo had so many animals; it was Noah’s ark.

Make sure you:-Explain the history, government and beliefs of the Puritans-How did the above information affect the writings of the authors? -Study class notes about the authors-What is a metaphor?-What is an allusion? -Study the Puritan vocabulary words

Vocabulary Practice!