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”