Literary Terms
A work written by a person about their own life.
What is Autobiography?
The art of effective or persuasive speaking
Audience of the Speech in the Virginia Convention
Who Is President & House Delegates?
According to the Declaration of Independence what is the right and duty of the people.
What is to "Abolish a tyrannical government."
In Anne Bradstreet's Poem to My Dear and Loving HUsband she says, "I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold" What figurative language is being used?
What is Hyberbole
The divisions in a poem
What is a Stanza?
The speaker's credibility with a given audience.
What is Ethos?
Author "Of Plymouth Plantation"
Who Is William Bradford
According to the Declaration of Independence what dictates that the government will not be changed on a whim?
What is "Prudence"
In Sinners in the hands of an Angry God, Edwards appeals to fear by showing how little control the Puritans had over their own destinies by using what creature?
What is a spider?
Repeating the same sentence structure
What is Parallelism?
A commercial using an image of dogs chained up and malnourished is using what rhetorical appeal.
What is Pathos?
Author of " Upon the Burning of My House"
Who is Anne Bradstreet
Does The Declaration of Independence rely mainly on logic (logos) or emotions ( pathos)
What is Logos ( Logic)
The use of vivid description and details to draw the reader a picture.
What is imagery
Repeating initial consonant sounds
What is Alliteration?
Appeals that rely on audience intelligence and uses facts.
What is Logos.
Author of The Starving Time In Jamestown
Who Is John Smith
What metaphor does Patrick Henry use when he states.... "If life is so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price....
What is Slavery
In Native American Writings stories were told by
Oral Tradition
The use of repetition of words or phrases
What is Anaphora?
An Eloquent skilled speaker.
What is Orator.
Who is Jonathan Edwards
What does Patrick Henry mean when he states... " Give me liberty or give me death!"
What is He would rather die than be under British Rule.
A story told to teach a life lesson by Native Americans
What is trickster Tale