ALPHABET

A

• Anne Bradstreet
• A poet who wrote about God in her life ands everything was God's.
• A poem she wrote was about her house burning down.

B

• Bradford was one of the first puritans.
• Bradford wrote a journal entry about his life and what life was like as a puritan.

C

• Couplet is two lines in a poem in which the last words in the lines rhyme.

D

• Dimeter is a sequence in a poem that has two feet in the line.

E

• England is the actual home of the Puritans.
• England changed its religion to suit king Henry which the puritans did not like so moved.

F

• Foot is a basic unit of rhythm in a line of poetry that has a pattern of two or more unstressed or stressed syllables.

G

• God is in everything around the puritans.
• God was also the reason why people died on the Mayflower and survived the harsh Journey.
• God is not merciful he is angry according to the puritans .

H

• Hard work was one belief that the puritans believed pleased God.
• Hard work also unified the community.

I

• Iambic meter is a basic pattern of unstressed syllable and stressed syllable.

J

• Jonathan Edwards was poet during the time when the puritans were comfortable and not following their old teachings.
• Jonathan wrote a piece that explains the rage God has for everyone and how everyone was going to hell.

K

• King Henry VIII was the king of England who decided to change the Church of England.
• Since The Kings new church the priests were not close to God and it caused the puritans to leave.

L

• Leaders from the colonists and Native Americans got together and created a treaty so both of the groups could live in harmony.

M

• Meter is a ruthenium of a piece of poetry determined by the number and length of feet in a rhyme.
• Mono Meter is one foot in a sequence.

N

• Native Americans assisted the puritans in the new land.
• Natives also had to sign a treaty in which favored the colonists because the Natives were savages.

P

• Predestination is what the puritans believed in which meant God chose if you went to hell or not.

R

• Rhyme Scheme is the sequence of the beat in a poem.

S

• Squanto was a native chief who understood English. He also showed the Puritans the way of the land.

T

• Thanksgiving was the first national holiday and the Puritans celebrated it with The Native Americans.

W

• Wrath of God was what all of the colonists feared, so they did everything to stay on God's good side.

V

• Very strict.
• The religion was so strict and everything had to be about God.