Price of Freedom
T/F - Price of Freedom has to do with spies
True
The event that caused women to get jobs in the 1940s.
WWII
Summarize "Unusual Normality"
Ishmael goes to the U.S. because he was fleeing a war. His whole family died. He is studying in school, but has a hard time getting in because he doesn't have a report card. He eventually gets in, makes friends, plays paintball with them, and wins.
The audience of the Gettysburg Address
The people of Gettysburg
Define Parallelism
Rep of grammatical patterns
(e.g. subject verb over multiple sentences)
Why did the radio operators have such difficult jobs?
Because they could be tracked through the radio frequency.
How were African Americans treated at Langley?
Kept separate but generally welcomed because they needed help
Why did Ishmael think his New York friends were not tough?
Because they didn't look out for themselves and they glorified violence that they didn't understand.
"we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground" is an example of what rhetorical device?
Parallelism
Understatement
Saying less than what is literally true to create emphasis
What is "the price of freedom"?
Why was the newspaper ad that offered women a job at Langley considered "unthinkable" a few years before?
Because the culture was that women would stay at home and men would work. This changed when men went to the war.
What is the author's purpose of "Unusual Normality?"
To tell the reader to be grateful for their life, their family, and their education.
Lincoln's two purposes in Gettysburg Address
Titles/pictures
What is a cyanide pill and why would agents take it?
A cyanide pill was a poison and agents took it so they would die before they got interrogated.
Flying and testing airplanes to improve in the fight against the Germans.
What happened after Ishmael played paintball with his friends? Why?
They didn't invite him back again. They were jealous because he played so well.
"the world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here." Is an example of what kind of rhetorical device?
Understatement.
author's purpose
author's reason for writing (inform, explain, express, or entertain)
Define Rhetorical Device and name the 3 rhetorical devices we studied
words or language that make a message memorable
repetition, parallelism, and understatement.