Native Mythology
Rhetoric
Romantics & Transcendentals
Frederick Douglass
Good Words To Know
100

The beliefs, morals, and guiding principles of a tribe

Cultural Values 

100

According to Aristotle these are the three main rhetorical devices, or methods of persuasion

ethos, pathos, logos

100

Transcendentalist nature writer who lived alone in the woods and refused to pay taxes

THOREAU 

100

Frederick Douglass was born into a life of slavery in this state

Maryland 

100

the state of being famous for doing something immoral or bad

notorious 

200

The Iroquois Nation is located in this state 

New York 

200

Be aware when someone is playing with your emotions; these are the 3 most common forms of pathos   

pity, fear, vanity 

200

The American author who transformed Romanticism into his own unique philosophy called Transcendentalism

EMERSON

200

The man who owned so many slaves he didn’t know their names; the head of the whole plantation operation to which Douglass belonged

Colonel Lloyd 

200

law enforcement undertaken without legal authority by a self-appointed group of people

vigilantism 

300

The passing down of stories, myths, histories, and legends, by way of spoken word or performance, is known as

Oral Tradition

300

Let's stick to the facts here: these are the 3 main forms of logos or logical appeal 

data, cause & effect, historical fact 

300

The most famous and well-beloved American poet of the 19th century; master of rhyme scheme and simple nature poems

LONGFELLOW

300

 This woman first taught little Frederick Douglass to read

Sofia Auld 

300

 the action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work

exploitation 

400

This war story from the Sioux Nation is the best example of “guiding us through the trials of life”

"Two Bullets, Two Arrows" 

400

A two part rhetorical statement in which the second part contrasts with the first

antithesis 

400

The first American author to express the ideas of Romanticism in his poetry was this man; he went on to become editor of the NY Post 

WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT 

400

Douglass’s life was changed when he read this book: it contained many arguments against slavery

The Colombian Orator

400

 inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists

indigenous 

500

The Okanagan tribe of native storyteller Mourning Dove, is located in this state 

Washington 

500

Get ready for a whole lot of this, come the next election: words that are meant to stir emotions and create strong feelings in the audience

Loaded Language 

500

Romanticism is a philosophy that originated with a book on education, Emile, written by him 

JEAN JAQUES ROUSSEAU 

500

According to Douglass, “the slave’s Poet” was this pacifist Quaker. 

JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 

500

dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments

precarious