Literary Periods
This war was a major influence on almost all Rationalist period writings.
What is the American Revolution?
This type of rhetorical appeal occurs when the speaker tries to convince his audience through historical evidence, data, or "if/then" statements.
What is logos?
What is rebel against Britain?
This is the name of the author who wrote about building a house in the woods, and watching ants, green beans, and loons.
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
NOT WALDEN
This is a common rhetorical device used by authors in all 3 literary periods from this unit--easy to identify thanks to the question mark that must always accompany it.
What is a rhetorical question?
Transcendentalism's root word, "transcend," means this.
What is "to go beyond [a limit, any experience, etc.]"?
This type of rhetorical appeal occurs when the speaker attempts to convince his audience that they should be upset, angry, or otherwise passionate about a situation.
What is pathos?
Thoreau's message in "Civil Disobedience" was that sometimes, citizens need to do this.
What is stand up against the government? [Protest, etc.]
The real Headless Horseman was not a ghost but this man.
Who is Brom Bones?
Many Rationalist speakers committed this logical fallacy against the king, since they were so frustrated by Britain that it often clouded their, well, rationalism.
What is Ad Hominem?
Deism was an attempt to find a balance between these two things.
What are science and religion?
This type of rhetorical appeal occurs when the speaker reminds her audience of her expert background, like extensive training or degrees, or talks about similar beliefs, like their religious faith.
What is ethos?
What is: things are not always what they appear to be? [Don't be afraid of the dark, don't be foolish and think ghost stories are real, etc.]
Both Thoreau and Emerson, the main Transcendentalist writers, promoted the idea that humans should be (this).
What is "self-reliant" or independent?
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What is more involved with nature?
[Alternate answers will be considered, based on supporting evidence & the teacher's discretion.]
This is the full name (first + last) of the woman that Ichabod and Brom fight over.
DAILY DOUBLE: Also write down what happens to her at the end of the story.
Who is Katrina Von Tassel?
BONUS POINTS: She marries Brom.
Romantic period writings were the first in American literature that could serve this purpose.
What is "to entertain"?
When Thomas Paine reviews the battle statistics of General Howe versus the colonists, he is appealing to this type of rhetoric.
What is logos?
In his essay "Self-Reliance," Emerson encourages readers that "to be great is to be ____[This]."
What is "misunderstood"?
Thoreau went to jail because he failed to pay THIS specific tax for THIS many years.
[Both answers needed to earn any points.]
What is POLL tax for SIX years?
Transcendentalists believed in a Universal ___ [This].
What is an Oversoul?
These are the five "I"s of Romanticism.
What are individuality, imagination, intuition, inspiration, and idealism?
When Henry David Thoreau tries to convince his audience in "Civil Disobedience" that the best type of government is small, respectful, and runs according to what is most just and most wanted, he is appealing to this type of rhetoric.
What is ethos?
In his conclusion to "Walden," Thoreau writes THIS powerful metaphor (which relates nonconformity to a musical instrument...)
What is "marching to the beat of a different drummer"?
These are the names of the two horses whom Ichabod and Brom race on during the climax of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
Who are Gunpowder and Daredevil?
This is the final line of Patrick Henry's speech--a very famous example of parallelism.
What is "give me liberty or give me death!"?