Literary Focus: Early America

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Across
  1. 1. Religious movement of Reformed Protestants seeking religious freedom (6)
  2. 3. This document influenced the founding documents of the United States (20
  3. 6. Puritan writer and governor of Plymouth Colony (11)
  4. 9. Key rhetorical appeal based on ethics or credibility (12)
  5. 12. Native American method of passing down stories and history (2)
  6. 15. Early literature describing geography, biographies, and religion (6)
  7. 16. Island-hopping explorer whose 1492 voyage sparked colonization (3)
  8. 18. Appeal to the audience’s emotions in rhetoric (12)
  9. 19. Transatlantic voyage and trade of enslaved Africans (4)
  10. 20. Philosophical movement emphasizing reason and logic (7)
Down
  1. 2. Structure used by Native Americans that influenced U.S. democracy (2)
  2. 4. Foundational belief behind the American Revolution (e.g., freedom, consent)(8)
  3. 5. A rhythmic meter with five stressed syllables per line (13)
  4. 7. The war between the 13 British Colonies and England (7)
  5. 8. A type of writing used to convince an audience (12)
  6. 10. A poetic form with rhymed lines in iambic pentameter (13)
  7. 11. Cooking style with roots in Caribbean, European, and African traditions (1)
  8. 13. Repetition, pattern, and structure used in oral storytelling (10)
  9. 14. Author of Common Sense, who used persuasive rhetoric (12)
  10. 17. Poet known for biblical symbolism and neoclassical influence (13)
  11. 21. The revivalist religious movement of the 1730s–1740s (8)