Selections must be from unit 1: william bradford (u1l2), anne bradstreet (u1l4), phillis wheatley (u1l4), jonathan edwards (u1l5), olaudah equiano (u1l6), thomas paine (u1l7), and thomas jefferson (u1l8).

12a. identify two early american/colonial authors from the list above along with a text/excerpt they wrote. possible selections:

author choice 1 and selection:

author choice 2 and selection:

12b. what is similar and/or different about each author’s purpose in your two selections above? (is it to inform, explain, persuade, create, express, reflect,

12c. what is similar and/or different about each author’s audience in the two selections above? (think about who the author is writing to.)

12d. what is similar and/or different about each author’s style in the two selections above? (think about themes, word choice, tone, form, etc.)