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Philosophers of the Enlightenment
Writers of the Revolution
Rhetorical Strategies
Other Lit Terms
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This idea comes from which philosopher: "Legitimate power comes from the people"
Who is Jean Jacques Rousseau?
100
This person wrote a famous autobiography which detailed his quest to achieve moral perfection.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
100
This rhetorical strategy repeats the first words of a sentence in successive sentences or claues.
What is Anaphora?
100
This is a short statement expressing a wise observation or general truth.
What is an aphorism or a proverb?
200
This belief comes from which philosopher: "Right to life, liberty, and property"
Who is John Locke?
200
In his famous Declaration of Independence, this writer enumerated several complaints against the king of England.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
This is a rhetorical strategy that is used to appeal to a person's emotions.
What is pathos?
200
This is a type of letter that is written to be read by a wider audience.
What is an epistle?
300
This idea comes from which philosopher: "Religious freedom"
Who is Voltaire?
300
This poet, who praised George Washington, did not know the English language before coming to the United States as a slave.
Who is Phillis Wheatley?
300
This is a rhetorical strategy used to appeal to a person's sense of logic or sense of reasoning.
What is logos?
300
This a brief, indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of significance.
What is an allusion?
400
This idea comes from which philosopher? "Separation of Powers"
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
400
His "Speech in the Virginia Convention" contains this famous line: ". . . but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
Who is Patrick Henry?
400
This is a technique used which asks a question to emphasize a point, rather than to seek a response.
What is a rhetorical question?
400
This is representing an abstract idea as a human or living form.
What is personification?
500
This idea came from which philosopher: "Freedom of thought and expression"
Who is Voltaire?
500
His series of essays, The American Crisis, sought to gain support for the American Revolution.
Who is Thomas Paine?
500
This is the repeated use of phrases, clauses, or sentences that are similar in structure or meaning.
What is parallelism?
500
This is a pair of rhyming lines written in iambic pentameter.
What are heroic couplets?