Gandhi, Thoreau, or MLK?
Paraphrase Thoreau!
Rhetorical Devices
Mrs. Pillow Trivia
100

"A man is but a product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes."

Gandhi

100

"It is not a man's duty, as a matter of course, to devote himself to the eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong." 

It's not a citizen's job to solve HUGE problems - only control what he or she can.

100

What is this an example of? "All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it"

Simile

100

What is my husband's first name?

Travis

200

"In a gentle way, you can shake the world."

Gandhi

200

"I do not hesitate to say that those who call themselves abolitionists should at once effectually withdraw their support, both in person an property, from the government of Massachusetts."

People who want to end slavery should NOT support the government of Massachusetts.

200
What device is this? "That government is best which governs not at all"

Paradox

200

How old is Mrs. Pillow?

30

300

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"

MLK

300

"Unjust laws exist; shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once?"

BREAK UNJUST LAWS

300

What device is this? "Can there not be a government in which majorities do not virtually decide right and wrong, but conscience?"

rhetorical question

300

How many schools has Mrs. Pillow taught at in her teaching career?

5

400
"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed."





MLK

400

"Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison."

A good person has no choice but to go to jail in protest if a society wrongly puts people in prison.

400

What device is this? "The vast majority of men...put themselves on a level with wood and earth and stones."

Imagery/metaphor

400

What can Mrs. Pillow not live without?

Coffee
500

"Not until we are lost do we get to find ourselves."

Thoreau

500
"Let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine [of government]"

It's YOUR job as a citizen to make sure you're preventing a government from being unjust - whether that's through not paying taxes, not supporting a war or slavery, etc.

500

What device is this? "[the government] it does not educate. It does not keep the country free. It does not settle the West."

Anaphora / parallel structure

500

What is my secret talent?

Drawing

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