Question

comparing the writing
puritan literature

• the puritan writing you have read focuses on private behaviors and personal piety.
• considering the time period people were just surviving. the writing tended to be very practical

revolutionary literature

• people wrote for a public purpose.
• writers focused on justifying the american revolution & discussing great britain and the role of government.
• many newspapers saved space for religious or reflective poetry or ballads written about current topics.
• autobiographies and compilations of letters were also published. most of these chronicled life in america

true or false: revolutionary writing was where people wrote for a public purpose.
○ true
○ false

Explanation:

Looking at the table under "Revolutionary Literature", one of the points is "People wrote for a public purpose". So the statement in the question matches this information.

Answer:

A. True