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How does poetic structure such as free verse or the use of punctuation help shape a poems meaning?

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PICK ONE TOPIC FROM EACH QUESTION AND WRITE 5-7 SENTENCES ABOUT IT.

First Question (Pick one and write 5+ Sentences):

What is the role of religion during the American Revolutionary Era?

What is the role of satire in revolutionary-era American Literature?

What role does the idea of common sense play in shaping American Literature?

If all men are created equal, how do revolutionary era Americas justify slavery?

What do you find surprising within the first widely published slave narrative?

What is the importance of a country having a literature?

How can characters in a story represent the story of a nation?

What is an American hero?

What qualities or Romanticism are evidenced in American Literature?

How do works of Dark Romanticism contrast works of Romanticism?

Second Question (Pick one and write 5+ sentences):

What are the responsibilities of the individual in American society?

What is the role of society in a free nation?

What are the roles of laws?

What are the dangers of “unjust laws”?

What is the nature of truth?

How can a free people justify enslaving a people?

What role does written formal arguments have in shaping the future of a nation?

What role do stories have in bringing about social change?

What is the value of a first-person narrative?

How are gender roles demonstrated through this eras literature?

Third Question (Pick one and write 5+ sentences)

How is the self connected to the whole during the Age of Expansion?

How can literature capture ideals of democracy?

How does a poem such as “Song of Myself” compare to another epic?

How does poetic structure such as free verse or the use of punctuation help shape a poems meaning?

What power does poetry have to call for social change in a society?