Latin
a ae
ae arum
ae is
am as
a is
What is the 1st Declension Noun Endings
A form of deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn from two premises.
What is a syllogism?
Created the first wooden clock, and predicted the 1789 solar eclipse.
Who is Benjamin Banneker?
"Still I hope I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain (what I consider the most enviable of all titles) the character of an honest man."
Who is President George Washington?
Using the Five Common Topics to brainstorm ideas and generate the content of what you'll write about.
What is Invention?
Nouns ending in "ERROR," "SOX" and "LANCET" are part of this declension.
What is the 3rd declension
a statement whose truth value can be determined from the statement itself.
What is a self-supporting statement?
He refuted the geocentric model, is known as the "Father of Modern Science."
Who is Galileo?
"Here, in the first paragraph of the Declaration of Independence, is the assertion of the natural right of all to the ballot; for how can 'the consent of the governed' be given, if the right to vote be denied?"
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
Curley was flopping like a fish on a line.
This sentence utilizes a tool in writing.
What is a Simile?
translate: post adventum Christi
What is 'after the coming of Christ'?
the logical equivalent: Some dragons breathed fire.
What is 'Some fire breathers are dragons'
Cassini redefined our understanding of the size of the solar system by calculating this.
What is the distance to Mars?
"This country will not be permanently good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a reasonably good place for all of us to live in."
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
The response to an opposing argument.
What is refutation?
Rule: Adjectives agree with their nouns in these three things.
What is gender, number and case
All S are P
No S are P
Some S are P
Some S are not P
What are Categorical Statement forms
This German born scientist was the "Father of Optics" and built his own telescope.
Who is Kepler?
Who is Helen Keller?
A scheme in which strongly contrasting (or opposite) ideas are expressed in parallel form.
What is an Antithesis?
Shows action that has stopped, but you don't know what time or even if it is done.
What is the Imperfect Tense
Schema:
Some P is M
All S is M
therefore, Some S is P
What is IAI-2 form
These astronomers were alive during the First and Second Great Awakening.
Who are Carolyn and William Herschel?
"Duty, Honor, Country - those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you out to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying point to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when hope becomes forlorn."
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
asking questions, challenging the audience and quoting an apt source
What is an Exordium?
Fun Fact: The plural of Exordium is Exordia
translate: We have the grace of God in us.
What is In nobis gratiam Dei habemus?
No s is P = No P is S
Some S is P = Some P is S
What is immediate inference?
"If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants."
Who is Sir Isaac Newton
"It is to be remembered that the pursuit of wealth, by means of new inventions, is very precarious and uncertain one..."
Who is Eli Whitney?
DAILY DOUBLE
Use a Circumstance Chart for a situation in your life or one of the books we've read this semester.
(Must have minimum 3 locations)
*This question is worth 1200 points*