Native Am./Colonial/Rev.
Native American literature is rooted in what tradition?
What are oral tradition, meaning handed down by word of mouth?
Effective or persuasive writing appeals to these.
What are ethos, pathos, and logos?
- Appeal to logic (1)
- Appeal to credibility (2)
- Appeal to emotion (3)
What are logos (1), ethos (2), and pathos (3)?
This, in written composition, is an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience.
What is tone?
This rapper talked about his "mom's spaghetti" in 2002.
Who is Eminem?
Name the characteristics of the Colonial literary time period.
What are religion, journey to America, building colonies, plain and basic style?
What does a symbol do?
What is stand for something more than itself?
Name the rhetorical appeal (or device) that is used in the following sentence: "No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House."
What is ethos?
In literary studies, this is the central topic a text treats and explores.
What is a theme?
This group asked in a repetitive manner, "Where is the love?"
Who are The Black Eyed Peas?
What are the characteristics of the Revolutionary literary time period?
What are political, philosophical ideas, rationalism, struggle for freedom, and use of rhetoric?
"Plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people" is an example of which rhetorical device?
What is parallel structure or parallelism?
In literature, this word is a statement that asserts something to be true. It can either be factual or a judgment. It can work on their own or in conjunction to form a larger argument.
What is a claim?
Define parallel structure.
What is using the same tense and also using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance? (This can happen at the word, phrase, or clause level.)
The song "Single Ladies" was the anthem performed by which singer?
Who is Beyonce?
Name two influential politicians/writers from the Revolutionary literary time period.
Who are Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry, and many more?
What is a rhetorical question?
What is a question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer?
This is the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
What is satire?
What rhetorical device is displayed by the lines of poetry below?
"Then straight I 'gin my heart to chide.
and did they wealth on earth abide?
Didst fix thy hope on mold'ring dust?
The arm of flesh didst make they trust?"
What is a rhetorical question?
Parodied by South Park's Eric Cartman, this singer originally sang the song that proclaimed the following:
"Can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(She is gonna let nobody)"
Who is Lady Gaga?
What explains a belief, ritual, or natural phenomenon?
What is a myth?
Give the rhetorical device used in the sentence, "We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of the siren, till she transforms us into beasts."
What is an allusion?
Anticipating and addressing the opposite side of an argument to prove it wrong or ineffective.
What is a counter-argument?
Define the rhetorical device "anecdote."
What is a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person?
This group asked that listeners "shake it like a Polaroid picture" in their 2003 hit, "Hey Ya!".
Who is OutKast?