Transcendentalism/Anti-Transcendentalism
Rhetorical Appeals
Figurative Language and Terms
DOI/Preamble/BOR
Grammar/Vocab
100

This movement believes people are inherently good. 

What is Transcendentalism?

100
This rhetorical appeal uses logic to persuade. 

What is logos?

100

This sound device uses words to mimic sounds. For example, boom! 

What is onomatopoeia? 

100

According to Jefferson, revolution should be this. 

What is a last resort? 

100
One should look for this word to begin an adverbial clause. 

What is when?

200

This movement uses morbid diction. 

What is Anti-Transcendenalism?

200

This rhetorical appeal uses emotions to persuade. 

What is pathos?

200

The definition of this term is the underlying message of a story. 

What is theme?

200

The purpose of starting the Preamble with "We the People" is to do this. 

What is show that the nation is ruled by its people?

200

Non-negotiable is a synonym for this vocab word from unit 1. 

What is unalienable? 

300

Anti-Transcendentalists believe this about society.

What is corrupts? 

300

This rhetorical appeal uses credibility to persuade. 

What is ethos? 

300

The definitions of diction and syntax are...

What is word choice and the arrangement of words? 

300

According to the DOI, Britain affected the colonists economy by doing this.

What is imposing illegal taxes?

300

This is the correct way to spell the present participle of prefer. 

What is preferring? 

400
List four famous works of Transcendentalist writers (from the textbook).

What are "Nature", "Self-Reliance", "Walden", and "Civil Disobedience"? 

400

This quote from the Declaration of Independence uses this type of rhetorical appeal. 

“We, therefore, the representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress assembled..."

What is ethos? 

400

These two terms refer to the repetition of consonant sounds and the repeated words or phrases at the beginning of successive clauses. 

What are alliteration and anaphora? 

400

The main purpose of the Bill of Rights is to do this. 

What is limit the powers of the government?

400

This character from "Notorious Jumping Frog..." is considered garrulous. 

Who is Simon Wheeler? 

500

These two authors are the most popular Transcendentalists.

Who are Thoreau and Emerson? 

500

This quote from the Declaration of Independence uses this rhetorical appeal and this term.

“He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.”

What is pathos and parallelism? 
500

The phrase "less is more" is an example of this term. 

What is a paradox? 

500

List all of the "freedoms" within the first amendment.

What are speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition? 

500

This is the difference between affect and effect. 

What is affect is a verb and effect is a noun?