Colonialism
Definitions
Author
Rhetoric
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1720 - 1820
When did Colonialism take place?
100
A pointed statement expressing a wise or clever observation about life created by Franklin.
What is Aphorism?
100
The actual name of the author who used the pseudonym Silence Dogood, Richard Saunders and Miss Polly Backer.
Who is Ben Franklin?
100
The type of persuasion used in Henry's declaration that God "presides over the destinies of a nation". (Logos, Ethos or Pathos)
What is Pathos?
100
The rhetorical devise of Henry's utterance of "we must fight! I repeat, sir, we must fight!"
What is repetition?
200
The philosophical movement or change in Colonial times.
What is the age of reason or enlightenment?
200
A person's written account of his or her own life.
What is an Autobiography?
200
Primarily responsible for writing The Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
Franklin is trying to convince the convention of what in "Speech at the Virginia Convention"?
What is accepting the Constitution as written?
200
The mood in "To His Excellency, General Washington".
What is the Celebration of Freedom?
300
Philosophy changed from the time of the Puritans
What is reason is valued over faith?
300
A book of months and days for one year, containing weather predictions
What is an Almanac?
300
Created a list of 13 Virtues
Who is Ben Franklin?
300
The natural phenomenon described in "An Hymn to the Evening".
What is sunset?
300
The persuasive technique used in the Declaration of Independence to get reader to support the idea overthrowing the government.
What is a list of complaints (list of self-evident truths)?
400
The beliefs Jefferson and America became dedicated to.
What is human rights, life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, all men being created equally and independence?
400
The philosophical movement to provide intellectual or spiritual light to one's thinking
What is Englightenment?
400
An author who's publications deserve merit because she was a slave, female and African American.
Who is Phillis Wheatly?
400
Uttered the famous phrase "Give me liberty, or give me death."
Who is Patrick Henry?
400
The rhetorical devise used in the statement "From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected?"
What is a rhetorical question?
500
The primary type of writing produced during the colonial times.
Newspaper, Science, and Magazines
500
Logos is the logical method of persuasion (or rhetoric devise), but this is the emotional method
What is pathos?
500
Wrote the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
500
The overall message stated in the Declaration of Independence.
What is to declare separation from Britain.
500
The list you make of the things you want to do before you die.
What is a bucket list?
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