Harriet Tubman: A Guide to Freedom
Abraham B. Anthony
Persuasive Strategies
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Vocabulary
100
The number of slaves accompanying Harriet Tubman on this trip.
What is 11?
100
This word means to free from bondage or restraint.
What is emancipate?
100
This strategy uses important people to endorse your argument.
What is big names?
100
This is the award winning poet/author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Who is Maya Angelou?
100
This term means people fleeing from danger.
What is fugitive?
200
This country is where Harriet is trying to lead the members of her group.
What is Canada?
200
Susan B. Anthony was fighting for this right for all women.
What is Suffrage, or right to vote?
200
This strategy uses studies and information to make your argument seem more convincing.
What is research?
200
As a child Maya Angelou referred to this relative as Mama even though she wasn't her mother.
Who is her grandmother?
200
This term refers to a text about a particular person and written by that person.
What is autobiography?
300
The Author of "Harriet Tubman: A Guide to Freedom."
Who is Ann Petry?
300
Abraham Lincoln was debating the difficult repercussions of freeing this group of people.
Who are slaves?
300
This strategy builds a sense of urgency for your cause.
What is kairos?
300
The title of Maya Angelou's memoir is a line from the poem Sympathy by this poet.
Who is Paul Laurence Dunbar?
300
This term means a difference of opinion.
What is dissension?
400
Harriet is referred to by this Biblical name by the runaway slaves.
Who is Moses?
400
Susan B. Anthony used this important, American document as a basis for her argument.
What is the Constitution?
400
This strategy uses logic, numbers, facts, and data to support your argument.
What is logos?
400
The poem leads the reader to believe this is the real reason a caged bird sings.
What is to be free?
400
This term means future generations or descendants.
What is posterity?
500
The text "Harriet Tubman: A Guide to Freedom" is an example of this type of nonfiction.
What is narrative writing?
500
This is the name of the speech Susan B. Anthony delivered after her arrest for trying to vote in the Presidential election.
What is "On Woman's Right to Suffrage?"
500
This strategy appeals to your audience's emotions.
What is pathos?
500
This was a special treat that Maya Angelou loved as a child but only received during holidays.
What is pineapple?
500
This term refers to the writer's attitude toward his or her subject.
What is tone?
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