| A | B |
|---|
| How Franklin's writing differs from Puritan writing | It is witty |
| Characterization of Franklin | Man of many talents (Renaissance Man) |
| Recurrent theme in Franklin's work | Hard work and ingenuity are the means to self-improvement |
| What Franklin values in the Dutchman's copy of Pilgrim's Progress | The craft of fine bookmaking |
| What is central to Franklin's scheme for self-perfection | His optimism regarding the possibility of personal change |
| Exercising power in an unfair way | Arbitrary |
| Unwise, imprudent | Indiscreet |
| Traveling from place to place | Itinerant |
| Skillful, clever | Ingenious |
| Upright conduct and moral character | Rectitude |
| Greed | Avarice |
| To join or add to something larger | To Annex |
| Following, coming after | Subsequent |
| Was a representative in England to the colony of Pennsylvania | Benjamin Franklin |
| Pen name of Benjamin Franklin while in Boston | Silence Dogood |
| Age of Ben Franklin when he ran away from home | 17 |
| Story made up by Ben Franklin | The naughty girl with child |
| Physician in Europe | Dr. Brown |
| Could hold up his end of the conversation | Ben Franklin |
| Last time Equiano sees his sister | After a brief reunion at the seacoast |
| Conditions of the enslaved people in the ship's hold | Suffocating and stinking, with minimal food |
| Destination of Equiano's slave ship | Barbados |
| Evidence that many of the crew members are motivated by cruelty as well as profit | They refuse to let the captives eat fish, which the crew had in abundance |
| What happens to Equiano and the fellow passengers upon their arrival | They are herded up like cattle and sold at auction |
| What Equiano is astonished to see while he is in merchant's custody | Men riding horses |
| What Equiano and the fellow passengers believe the slave ships are stopped by | Magic |
| why Equiano calls the slave dealers "nominal" Christians | They do not follow Christ's teachings |
| What is known about Equiano life after the exert, even though it is not mentioned | He must have gotten an education |
| What Equiano was training to be before his capture | A warrior |
| Worsened | Aggravated |
| Plentiful, abundant | Copious |
| Faces or facial expressions | Countenances |
| Miserable, unfortunate people | Wretches |
| Not looking ahead | Improvident |
| To give in to, to treat kindly | Indulge |
| Got, obtained | Procured |
| Greeting or welcome | Salutation |
| Greedy desire fro wealth | Avarice |
| The process of breathing | Respiration |
| Considered the best slave narrative of all time | The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano |
| Age when Equiano was taken | 11 |
| Fought in the Seven Year's War | Olaudah Equiano |
| Did grand tour of Europe as a servant | Olaudah Equiano |
| Greatest scholar of Black American literature | Henry Louis Gates Jr. |
| Professor of Harvard; arrested for walking into his own home | Henry Louis Gates Jr. |
| Stayed up in a crawl space for seven years | Harriet Jacobs |
| Race of the slave traders | Black |
| What Equiano believes about white people | They are devils |
| Describes something gone | Appostrophee |
| The most important word that is saved for last in the first paragraph of the Intro to the Revolution | Smallpox |
| Renowned religious, science, theological thinker | Cotton Mather |
| Rose above belief that science and religion are separate | Cotton Mather |
| See God as unmoving | Deists |
| Belief that we can obtain truth through reason | Rationalism |
| Reference to oak furniture | Chippendale |
| Believe in God's inherent goodness | Deists |
| Occupations of Patrick Henry | Farmer, merchant, lawyer |
| Age of Patrick Henry when elected to the House of Burgesses | 29 |
| Speech given by Patrick Henry at the House of Burgesses in 1765 | Speech against the Stamp Act |
| Famous line from the 1765 speech given by Patrick Henry | "If this be treason..." |
| Speech given by Patrick Henry at the House of Burgesses in 1775 | Speech advocating taking up arms against the British |
| Famous line of Patrick Henry's 1775 speech | "Give me liberty or give me death." |
| Logical appeals | Logos |
| Emotional appeals | Pathos |
| Mythological woman who transformed men into beasts | Circe |
| Author of the 1816 book Life and Character of Patrick Henry | William Wirt |
| Outcome of the fight between Jed and Lynn | Jed beats Lynn by sucker punching him |
| Smaller of the two between Jed and Lynn | Jed |
| Birthplace of Patrick Henry | Rural Virginia |
| Common characteristic of the Age of Reason that is expressed in the Declaration of Independence | Concern for the public welfare |
| The audience the Declaration of Independence is addressed to | All humankind |
| The central purpose of the Declaration of Independence | To declare the independence of the colonies and state the reasons for separation |
| Who Jefferson blames England's abuses on | King George |
| What Jefferson believed about the final version of the declaration | It was disappointing because of its many omissions |
| What the Declaration was adopted after | Revisions by Congress |
| Who Jefferson faced political opposition regarding | Slavery |
| The view of the English King in the Declaration | He is intolerably tyrannical |
| Why changes in the original wording of the Declaration were made | The need to appease various political factions |
| Elements of persuasive writing in the Declaration | A stirring heightened style, a call to action, proof and motive |
| Who Henry's speech and manner of delivery can be best compared to | Jonathan Edwards and the Puritans |
| What Henry's speech to the Virginia Convention was | A historical turning point that inspired the colonists to rebel |
| Best characterization of Henry | Courageous and principled |
| What Henry believes will happen in a war between England and the colonies | The colonists will triumph in spite of England's might |
| What colonists did in previous attempts to preserve their rights | They met with rejection from England |
| the method of writing Henry's speech represents | Persuasion |
| A device used by Henry to address his opponents as he opens the speech | Flattery |
| the metaphor of the sound of the sirens | Falsehood |
| Literary devices used by Henry to persuade his listeners | Exaggeration, figurative speech, allusions |
| Henry's attitude toward the arguments of his opponents by the end of the speech | Contempt |
| Difficult, strenuous | Arduous |
| Earthly | Temporal |
| To comfort or console | To Solace |
| Sly, treacherous, decietful | Insidious |
| Unbroken, intact | Inviolate |
| Passively, sluggishly | Supinely |
| To excuse in part | To extenuate |
| Unconquerable | Invincible |
