Appeals and Rhetoric
Lincoln's Speeches
Owl Creek Bridge
Stuff You (Probably) Forgot About
Really Hard Questions
100

This type of appeal relies on common sense, logic, and reason.

What is logos?

100

This was the tone of the Gettysburg Address.

What is sad?

What is sorrowful?

What is solemn?

100

This point of view is used frequently in Owl Creek Bridge; it tells the thoughts and feelings of every character.

What is third person omniscient?

100

This point of view is when only one character's thoughts and feelings are known.

What is third person limited?

100

This is what class you're in right now. Course + Number

What is English 11?

200

This type of appeal utilizes emotion and feeling to persuade an audience.

What is pathos?

200

Lincoln's _______ in the Gettysburg speech was to memorialize the fallen soldiers. (Think author's ___________).

What is purpose?

200

This literary term compares two things without like or as; it's seen in this phrase from the story:

"Death is a dignitary"

What is metaphor?

200

This literary term occurs when the opposite of what's expected happens.

What is irony?

200

This 16th president delivered both of the speeches we read in this unit.

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

300

This appeal is used when Abraham Lincoln invokes his CREDIBILITY as the President of the United States.

What is ethos?

300

Name one purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation.

What is to free the Confederate slaves?

What is to recruit freed slaves to the Union army?

What is to eventually outlaw slavery entirely?

300

This absolute boss is the author of "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"

Who is Ambrose Bierce?

300

Is this source primary or secondary?

A diary entry from a Confederate soldier in the Civil War.

What is primary?

300

This is the name of our school.

What is Kankakee Valley HS?

400

A type of rhetoric when two things contradict each other. For example, "living and dead" and "poor power"

What is antithesis?

400

Lincoln creates an __________ when he REFERENCES the Declaration of Independence by proclaiming that "all men are created equal."

What is allusion?

400

You can't trust this type of narrator. They are un_______________.

What is unreliable?

400

Is this source primary or secondary?

A biographer recounts the importance of the Gettysburg Address.

What is secondary?

400

This goober is your teacher :)

Who is Mrs. Waldron?

500

"Of the people, by the people, for the people" is an example of this rhetoric device.

What is parallelism?

500

This adjective or adjectives sets the tone of the Emancipation Proclamation.

What is formal?

What is dry?

What is legal?

500

We watched this TV show when we saw the short film of "Owl Creek Bridge."

What is The Twilight Zone?

500
This point of view addresses the reader and uses the pronouns "you" and "your" to tell the story.

What is second person?

500

This is the name of the main character in Owl Creek Bridge.

Who is Peyton Farquhar?