COLEGIO CIENCIAS DEL LENGUAJE Primer Laboratorio Panorama de Literatura Americana 9 Semestre

STUDENTS NAME: _____________________________________ DATE:________ I. Develop the following tasks. Grammar and punctuation will be also graded 1.-Contrast John Smith and Wiliam Bradfords literary works. Title Purposes

Literary style

Main goals

Main points

Your conclusion

2.-Write 15 lines (or 20 lines max) essay about the literary work. Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. Consider the style, author, main message, intention, two methaphors along with your own interpretation (as it was discussed in class), and a brief comparison to the movie The Witches of Salem . Also include your own point of view, in others words, critique the attitude of the Puritans in Colonial Times.

3. What is the purpose of the excerpt The Diary of Samuel Sewall? Explain as it was discussed in class.

4.-Contrast the following literary periods Colonial Times, The Age of Enlightenment. Include these aspects: religion, type of education, traditions, role of women, politics, mentality and your personal reflexion for each literary periods basing on your responses.
Colonial Times The Age of Englightenment

My personal reflexion supported by the aspects mention above

My personal reflexion supported by the aspects mention above

5. Explain in your own words five virtues (out of his thirteen) that Benjamin Franklin wrote to achieve moral perfection in the Enlightenment. Include an explanation of the virtue that best characterizes you. Write five proverbs by Benjamin Franklin along with their equivalent to Spanish. What does Benjamin Franklin want to mean? What was his purpose to make up his proverbs?