Beowulf Plot
The wound Beowulf inflicts on Grendel
Tears off his arm
Sought revenge for the death of a son
Grendel's Mother
Characterize the speaker of the rhetoric
George H.W. Bush, American VP, eventually President, first of two Bush presidencies, Republican party, etc.
What is tone?
The speaker's attitude toward the subject
What is the difference between a claim and a thesis?
Grendel hates the sound of this
Joy and singing
Beowulf
Why does Bush cite his interest and work in civil rights in the letter?
As an ethos appeal/appeal to credibility
Another word for sentence structure
Syntax
Why you should never say "the writer uses diction"
All writers use diction
Why the swords fail to harm Grendel
He's placed a spell on their weapons
Sought revenge for the death of a friend
Hrothgar
The exigence of the letter
Gallaudet University is hiring a new President
The three types of appeals and what they appeal to
Ethos to credibility; pathos to emotion; logos to logic
The three elements of a successful body paragraph
A character at first suspicious of Beowulf's honor
Unferth
Gifted Beowulf a sword
Unferth
What context should be considered when reading this rhetoric?
Varies
The excess of conjunctions and the absence of conjunctions
Polysyndeton and asyndeton
What arguments tend to be the most sophisticated and convincing?
Nuanced arguments
The main claim of the second part of the poem (Beowulf fighting Grendel's mother)
Varies, but should touch on grief, revenge, justice, etc.
Advisor to the King
Aeschere
Name three rhetorical choices Bush made in his letter and provide an example of each.
Varies
Give an example of anaphora
Varies, should feature the repetition of words in consecutive clauses
What is the task of the FRQ 2 essay?
Analyze the choices made in a piece of rhetoric