| Term | Definition |
|---|
| oral literature | literature that is spoken and handed down through generations |
| 3 types of Native American Literature | creation myths; trickerster tales; ritual songs and chants |
| Themes in Native American literature | living in harmony with nature; kinship between humans and non-humans; all living creatures part of a sacred whole |
| Example of creation myth | World on the Turtle's Back |
| Example of a trickster tale | Fox and Coyote and Whale |
| 3 major beliefs of Puritans | grace, plainness, the Divine Mission |
| Grace | God-given ability to love truly/ cleansed of negative human emotions |
| plainness | plainness in worship style--no ornate cathedrals/ white, wooden building/ simple services |
| Divine Mission | belief that God sent Puritans to be an example of how to live the proper Christian life/ "a city upon a hill" |
| first American poet | Anne Bradstreet |
| leader of the Plymouth colony | William Bradford |
| Bradford's contributions to Plymouth colony | served as governor for over thirty years/ wrote history of the colony |
| Providence | God's will or plan for one's life |
| Sarah Kemble Knight | Puritan business woman who took a trip and kept a travel journal |
| Jonathan Edwards | Puritan minister |
| "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" | sermon written by Jonathan Edwards |
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