Silent Spring
Name the Rhetorical Appeal does she use the most throughout the three chapters of Silent Spring we read? (eg: logos, ethos, pathos)
Logical Appeal
What is Chavez's call to action?
- Boycott grapes
What is the key rhetorical appeal used?
Logical Appeal
What are the three examples used in Facing the Change?
Snowshoe Hare, Edged off Existence (polar bears), Trees of Fire and Rust
Who were the two main women?
Jannie Staffansson and Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim
Name 3 Devices used in "A Fable for Tomorrow"
Enargia, Imagery, allusion, logos, ethos, metaphor, rhetorical questions, diction, repetition, litany, juxtaposition, motif of balance
What is the Genre
A Speech
What is a greenhouse gas and what is the natural greenhouse effect?
A greenhouse gas is a gas that absorbs and emits radiant energy within the thermal infrared range that cause the greenhouse effect.
A natural process that warms the Earth
Name 3 Devices
Enargia, Logical Appeal, Metaphor, Pathetic Appeal, , personification, Accusatory tone.
Who is the author and what position of office did she hold?
Mary Robinson
President of Ireland
In "The Other Road," what poem does Rachel Carson refer to?
"The Road not Taken" by Robert Frost
Name 3 Devices in "What is the Worth of a Man or Woman"
Pathetic Appeal, Logical Appeal, Rhetorical Question (and answer), references and allusions to specific examples of people who were impacted, anaphora, tone
Who is the author?
Elizabeth Kolbert
What made the examaple of the polar bear so powerful?
- taking a strong animal that is now emaciated and struggling to survive due to climate change
- The polar bear had the opportunity to attack her, but was to weak to attack.
- It is a well liked animal that can draw sympathy from the audience
How was Jannie's family (reindeer herders) impacted by the changing climate? What is one of the ways that the indigenous tribe Hindou was a member of was impacted by climate change?
- reindeer were falling through the ice
- people are falling through the ice
- people needed to walk around the ice which would take a longer time and use more of the reindeer energy
- there was not enough food or water
- no milk
- weather was unreliable to use for prediction
In "Indiscriminately from the Skies" what does the image of the plane flying over the city represent?
- ignorance
- Negative impacts of pesticides on communities (both the humans and nature)
- Synthetic chemicals impact all aspects of life
- There is no pilot to illustrate that it is thoughtless. If there were a pilot then there would be a bias. It is run by a collective group.
Who is his target audience? What specific institutions does he address?
The common people
- Universities, Doctors, Law makers,
What did Tyndall build?
He built the spectrophotometer, a device that allowed him to compare the way the different gases absorb and transmit radiation
What do the scars on the trees signify?
The trees have been beaten down, but they are still standing. They have been impacted by the invasive human tendencies. They've been impacted by the changed, but they are still fighting for their life
Identify one instance (for both Jannie and Hindou) where they experienced discrimination.
Jannie was uneducated, along with her father, and was taught that her voice would not be heard by the government.
Hindou was from an indigenous tribe and had a darker skin tone
- Resisted the movement that would have required growers to post warning signs in fields where dangerous pesticides were applied.