Reading Comprehension
The document that declares the American colonies' independence from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The rhetorical appeal that persuades an audience through emotion.
What is pathos?
This word means sad, discouraged, or miserable.
Options: dejected, acquiesce, disparity, tyranny, and denounced
What is dejected?
The rhetorical device that repeats a word or phrase at the beginning of consecutive clauses or sentences.
Options: Anaphora, antithesis, imagery, repetition, allusion.
What is anaphora?
The sentence in an essay introduction that states the writer's central argument.
What is a thesis statement?
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, which protect individual liberties.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The rhetorical appeal that relies on logic, facts, and reasoning.
What is logos?
This word describes cruel or oppressive use of power, especially by a ruler or government.
Options: dejected, acquiesce, disparity, tyranny, and denounced
What is tyranny?
The rhetorical device that places contrasting ideas next to each other to highlight their differences.
Options: Anaphora, antithesis, imagery, repetition, allusion.
What is antithesis?
The part of a rhetorical analysis paragraph that explains how a rhetorical strategy helps the speaker achieve a purpose.
What is analysis or reasoning?
The man who describes being kidnapped from West Africa and forced into the transatlantic slave trade in his autobiography.
Who is Olaudah Equiano?
The rhetorical appeal that builds credibility or trust in a speaker.
What is ethos?
This word describes a significant difference or inequality between two things or groups.
Options: dejected, acquiesce, disparity, tyranny, and denounced
What is disparity?
The rhetorical device that uses vivid sensory details to help an audience picture or experience something.
Options: Anaphora, antithesis, imagery, repetition, allusion.
What is imagery?
The four-sentence academic summary that identifies a text's author, claim, rhetorical strategies, purpose, and audience.
What is a rhetorical précis?
The speaker who argues that the colonies must unite and compromise to create a successful government.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
Patrick Henry's famous declaration, “Give me liberty, or give me death!” primarily appeals to this by stirring strong feelings about freedom.
What is pathos?
This word means publicly condemned or expressed strong disapproval of something.
Options: dejected, acquiesce, disparity, tyranny, and denounced
What is denounced?
Patrick Henry uses the repeated phrase “We have…” throughout his speech to emphasize the colonies' past efforts to seek peace. This device is an example of this.
Options: Anaphora, antithesis, imagery, repetition, allusion.
What is repetition?
In Douglass's speech, the shift from acknowledging the nation's celebration to describing the suffering of enslaved people changes the tone from celebratory to this.
What is mournful, critical, or indignant?
The abolitionist who challenges his audience's celebration of American freedom by exposing the hypocrisy of slavery.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
Patrick Henry asks, “Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?” This question persuades the audience by encouraging them to reconsider the cost of remaining under British rule.
What is a rhetorical question?
This word means to accept or submit to something without protest, often reluctantly.
Options: dejected, acquiesce, disparity, tyranny, and denounced
What is acquiesce?
Benjamin Franklin warns that the delegates may lose the opportunity to form a successful government if they refuse to compromise. His use of a French saying about unity reinforces this rhetorical strategy.
Options: Anaphora, antithesis, imagery, repetition, allusion.
What is an appeal to unity through a proverb or allusion?
When analyzing a tone shift, a writer should identify the change in tone, provide textual evidence, and explain this final element.
What is the effect of the shift on the audience or the speaker's purpose?