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//The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano// is a Historical Narrative about the cruelty and hardships and hypocrisy of slavery using large amounts of imagery for the purpose of convincing the audience to end the slave trade."

In the sermon, "A Model of Christian Charity, Puritan John Winthrop reinforces the main idea of unity and following God, and being "a city on a hill." Winthrop uses devices such as repetition, loaded language, compare and contrast, and the big 5.

In //Of Plymouth Plantation//, Bradford offers a historical narrative about the hardships the Pilgrims faced against nature and natives that are resolved by God's providence.

In the historical narrative, "The General History of Virginia," John Smith, uses loaded language, imagery and historical details to portray the struggles between Europeans and Native Americans during the settlement of Europeans at Jamestown, VA at the beginning of the 1600's, while casting himself as an excellent leader, in an effort to garner profits and praise for himself.

In the poem,"To My Dear and Loving Husband,"Anne Bradstreet describes the love that a wife and husband have for each other being so strong that it will prepare them for the love that they will receive in the promised land and stressing the value Puritans hold for marriage by using metaphors.

In her poem, "Upon the Burning of our House," Anne Bradstreet uses repetition, compare and contrast, and couplets to stress the importance that one's role in the "Promised Land" is superior to their role on Earth and that earthly wealth pales in comparison to heavenly treasures.

In his poem, "Huswifery," Edward Taylor uses extended metaphor and allusions to express his idea about how God is powerful and in control - God makes people the same way people make clothes: unique and different, while he begs for God to make more righteous.

Kutcher's article "Has Texting Killed Romance,?" clearly demonstrates through pathos and loaded language how technology has changed social relationships because truth and vulnerability have been stripped of their meaning.

In his essay, "Why We Crave Horror Movies," Stephen King discusses the corruption and "insanity" of the human mind and society, as it pertains to violence and horror.

Unit Texts

 * = **Text** ||= **Author** ||= **LM Concept** || **Main Ideas** ||
 * = The World on a Turtle's Back ||= Iroquois ||= Elements of Genre ||  ||
 * = Genesis 1-3 ||= Traditional ||= Elements of Genre ||  ||
 * = from A Model of Christian Charity ||= Winthrop, J. ||= Diction, Central Idea ||  ||
 * = from Of Plymouth Plantation ||= Bradford, W. ||= Literary Context, Elements of Genre, Central Idea ||  ||
 * = from General History of Virginia ||= Smith, J. ||= Literary Context, Central Idea ||  ||
 * from Interesting Life of...Equiano ||= Equiano, O. || Diction, Elements of Genre, Central Idea, Literary Context ||  ||

Unit Resources
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Assignments
Research Assignment Puritans v Enlightenment

Turtle's Back HW

Unit 1 Visual Synthesis