Vocabulary
Comparing 2 things without using "like" or "as"
"Book club is having trouble finishing all of their discussion during the regular lunchtime, so it should be lengthened by five minutes."
Logos
When was the Declaration of Independence signed and ratified?
(Date and year)
July 4, 1776
Who is known for speaking this very famous line:
"I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!"
Patrick Henry
Thrift, Self-Reliance, or Industry?
"A penny saved is a penny earned."
Thrift
Rhetoric
The art of persuasion
"I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!"
Pathos
According to Jefferson, what is the main purpose of a country's government?
To protect its citizens rights (particularly those he lists as unalienable )
Does Henry use Ethos, Pathos, or Logos in the following quote in order to persuade his audience?
"Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave."
Ethos
(Both appeal to authority as well as appealing to their emotions)
What does this aphorism mean?
"Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship."
Be careful of what you spend your money on. Several small purchases will add up fast.
Hyperbole
Over exaggeration
"They tell us, sir, that we are weak -- unable to cope with so formidable an adversary."
Pathos
According to the following quote, what is one of the grievances the colonists had against the King of Britain?
"He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly, for opposing, with manly firmness, his invasions on the rights of the people. "
He has dismissed people in Parliament and other areas of power if they would disagree with him or speak out against his actions.
What rhetorical/literary device does Henry use in the following line in order to persuade the other colonists to listen/to grab their attention?
"Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms us into beasts."
Metaphor
Comparing Britain to a Siren (from Greek mythology)
Thrift, Self-Reliance, or Industry?
"He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing."
Self-reliance
Personification
Giving lifelike qualities to something non-human
"It is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security. "
Ethos
(what is right/responsibility)
What are the 3 "unalienable rights" Jefferson believes all people to be born with?
What rhetorical device does Henry use in the following quote in order to persuade his audience to listen to him?
"Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth—to know the worst and to provide for it."
Rhetorical Questions
What does this aphorism mean?
"A mob's a monster; heads enough but no brains."
Mobs (groups) are less rational than an individual.
Mob mentality
(Think The Crucible)
Almanac(k)
A yearly (annual) journal published with general information
"Has Great Britain any enemy, in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies? No, sir. She has none. They are meant for us; they can be meant for no other.
Logos/ Rhetorical Question
What was the Major and Minor Premise of Jefferson's argument in The Declaration of Independence?
(If/Then Statement)
If a government is unable to protect the rights of its citizens (or tries to take them away), then it is the right of those citizens to abolish that government and institute a new one.
What was Patrick Henry's PURPOSE for the speech he gave at the Second Virginia Convention?
To persuade the colonists to FIGHT against the tyrannical British rather than just sit there and take it
Thrift, Self-Reliance, or Industry?
"Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."
Industry