Literature and Rhetoric
This sermon's tone begins scary, but by end, it offers hope
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
When an author suggests that everybody else is doing it, so you should too.
What is Bandwagon Appeal?
Her name means "of great beauty but at a great price"
Who is Pearl?
Thomas Paine compares the relationship between England and colonies as "slavery"; he is appealing to what classical appeal?
What is pathos?
This character is more concerned with his reputation that the facts.
Who is Rev. Paris?
"What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly" is an exam of this rhetorical device.
what is an aphorism?
Form follows function in this work by rearranging the parts of the classical argument.
What is "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"?
Who is Chillingworth?
This author writes that revolution should be the last course of action in this work.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This work's theme is that personal honor determines the worth of one's self.
What is The Crucible.
The Crucible's plot parallels the McCarthy Era; it is know as this literary term.
What is an allegory?
Finding the minister's glove on the scaffold, the sexton claims that the devil put it there to try to ruin Dimmesdale's reputation. This is an example of what kind of irony?
What is dramatic irony?
This author uses biblical quotations to strengthen his argument
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
This slave narrative is powerful because it is a personal account filled with a lot of emotion.
What is "the Interesting Slave Life of Olauduh Equiano"?
In the poem "Thanatopsis", who or what makes life better for people who are sad?
What is Nature
Calling the confessions of witchcraft "Coming to God" is an example of this literary term.
What is Irony?
This work from the Enlightenment period is a perfect example of the Classical Argument, with an introduction, narration, confirmation, refutation and conclusion.
What is "The Declaration of Independence"?
Hester feels this emotion when she first sees Chillingworth during the first scaffold scene.
What is fear?
What is Thomas Paine's "The Crisis"?
This character was kept alive by his tormentor.
Who is Dimmesdale?
The acts of this man provided the basis for The Crucible.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
What are scaffold scenes?
During the second scaffold scene, Dimmesdale promises to stand with Pearl and Hester on this day.
That the slaves feared the white men were cannibals is an example of this literary term.
What is irony?
This represents the absence of societal rules and norms.
What is the forest?