Which is not a feature in colonial literacy period?

a. references to god and his control
b. simple language
c. themes about empowering women
d. popular writing forms were diaries and sermons

C. themes about empowering women

Explanation:

The Colonial period was dominated by Puritan beliefs and thus literature of this period is usually historical, religious (option A), or didactic. The most common genres were tracts, polemics, journals (option D; a journal is a diary), narratives, sermons, and some poetry.

Puritan authors used direct and simple language (option B).

Themes about empowering women were not a feature in colonial literary period.

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