Answer:
1. Francis Bacon: the first English essayist.
2. The Paul Bunyan stories: a famous example of hyperbole.
3. Alexander Hamilton and James Madison: authored The Federalist Papers.
4. Biography: the life story of an individual.
5. Essay: a written attempt to express an idea.
6. Character sketches: vignettes.
7. The first book written in America: A True Relation.
8. Fiction: narrative prose.
9. Benjamin Franklin: life compared to an insect, the ephemera.
10. Novel: a genre of fiction.
11. Carl Sandburg: authored Abraham Lincoln's biography.
12. Addison and Steele: two Englishmen who popularized the essay.
13. Autobiography: the story of one's own life.
14. Patrick Henry's famous speech: "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death"
Explanation:
Key terms or authors;
a. Character sketches.
b. Francis Bacon
c. Patrick Henry's famous speech
d. Fiction
e. The Paul Bunyan stories
f. Biography
g. Autobiography
h. Novel
i. Carl Sandburg
j. Alexander Hamilton and James Madison
k. First book written in America
l. Benjamin Franklin
m. Essay
n. Addison and Steele
