Term 1 Authors
This man delivered "The Speech in the Constitutional Convention" and his mug appears on the $100 bill.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
What is a slave ship?
"Her smile is as bright as the sun" is an example of this rhetorical device.
What is a simile?
This is a semicolon.
What is this symbol?
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This Florida river is one of the few major rivers in the world that flow from South to North.
What is the St. John's River?
When he's not battle-rapping Alexander Hamilton, this man penned "The Declaration of Independence" and served as the third United States president.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Patrick Henry ended his speech in the Virginia Convention with this famous ultimatum.
What is "Give me liberty or give me death"?
"They left that in the doubtful hands of Hope" is an example of this rhetorical device.
What is personification?
Identify the error in this sentence:
"Alexs mom waited an hour for him to get home."
Alexs should be Alex's.
This bird can fly backwards.
What is a hummingbird?
Who is Patrick Henry?
The Gadsden Flag portrays a hissing rattlesnake with these words underneath.
What is "DON'T TREAD ON ME"?
An appeal categorized by emotional reasoning.
What is a pathos appeal?
A part of speech that expresses an action, an occurrence, or a state of being.
What is a verb?
This artist has won the most Grammy Awards of all time.
Who is Beyoncé?
Who is Pericles?
January Gill O'Neil described this titular place as having stone steps that are "weather-worn, cobbled and carved".
What is the Old South Meeting House?
"As a doctor with twenty years of experience in emergency medicine, I recommend this treatment." is an example of this type of rhetorical appeal.
What is an ethos appeal?
This has a subject and verb, but is not a complete sentence.
What is a dependent clause?
This country deployed machine guns against emus in what was dubbed "The Great Emu War".
What is Australia?
She is either the woman who wrote "To His Excellency General Washington", or the one who wrote "Old South Meeting House" (two possible answers).
Who is Phillis Wheatley or January Gill O'Neil?
This famous document ends with the words "we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor."
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This lesser known rhetorical appeal relates to timeliness and context.
What is a kairos appeal?
"Happily", "readily", and "quickly" are all examples of this type of speech.
What is an adverb?
This is the length, in miles, of the Earth's circumference (closest wins).
What is 24,901.46 miles?