English 3 Vocab
The three rhetoric appeals
What is ethos, pathos, and logos?
The religion stems from Roman Catholic that viewed God as powerful, all knowing, revengeful, just and fair
The story that explains natural or spiritual phenomenon
What is a myth?
The single row of words in a poem
What is a line?
The change away from traditional religious sources of authority to move towards science and rational thought
What is the Age of Enlightenment?
The art of speaking or writing to persuade or influence people
The group that fled from England to Holland and then to America because of religious prosecution
What are pilgrims?
The subject of a piece of writing that gives a particular feeling or lesson
What is theme?
The overall feeling of a piece of writing
What is mood?
The statements of truth or opinion expressed in a concise and witty manner
What are aphorisms?
The writer tells a story that can be fiction or nonfiction
What is narrative writing?
The coming from God
What is providence?
The primary means of communicating and teaching about the physical world, social order, appropriate behavior, human nature, and the problem of good vs. evil.
What is oral tradition?
The authors feelings towards the subject conveyed through their words
What is tone?
The process in which one person or entity tries to influence another person
What is persuasion?
The literal meaning of a word
What is denotation?
The use of old fashioned words that were once common but are not considered outdated
What is archaic language?
The character in the story literally dives down into the water to pull the earth or something new out
What is diver myth?
The repeating of a sequence of words to emphasize meaning/topic
What is anaphora?
The flaw in reasoning that makes an argument appear stronger than it really is
What is logically fallacy?
The reference to something popular/known
What is an allusion?
The religious leaders are the leaders of government
What is a theocracy?
The moral of the story
The statement that seems contradictory but can convey a deeper meaning or truth
What is a paradox?
The author of the "American Independence" speech
What is Samuel Adams?