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"Harrison Bergeron"
“Kittens"
Persuasive Essays
Poetry
Types of Evidence
100
A 14 year-old boy who is taken away from his parents because he is exceptionally handsome, brilliant, and athletic. He arrogantly tries to become the emperor due to his natural gifts, but is killed by the Handicapper General.
Who is Harrison Bergeron?
100
A young girl who lives on her family’s farm with her mom, dad, and twin baby brothers.
Who is Marnie?
100
__________Type of Rhetorical Appeal in the following quotation: “Children model the behavior of adults, on whatever scale is available to them. Ours are growing up in a nation whose most important, influential men- from presidents to the coolest film character-solve problems by killing people. Killing is quick and sure and altogether manly. It is utterly predictable that some boys who are desperate for admiration will reach for guns and bombs.” From “Life is Precious, Or It’s Not” by Barbara Kingsolver
What is Logos?
100
A paragraph or group of lines that form a division in poetry that helps to emphasize ideas.
What is Stanza?
100
Evidence that is based on facts, numbers, statistics, history, and science.
What is Empirical Evidence?
200
Overall, “Harrison Bergeron” is an example of what type of conflict?
What is Man vs. Society?
200
This character can best be described as religious, strict, and controlling.
Who is Marnie’s father?
200
__________Type of Rhetorical Strategy in the following quotation: “How could this happen in an ordinary school, an ordinary neighborhood? Why would any student, however frustrated with mean-spirited tormentors, believe that guns and bombs were the answers?” From “Life is Precious, Or It’s Not” by Barbara Kingsolver
What is Rhetorical Question?
200
__________ of “Introduction to Poetry” by Billy Collins is that readers should not “beat a poem” to understand it. Instead they should explore a poem by using all their senses to really experience/understand it.
What is Theme?
200
__________Type of evidence in the following quotation: “If electronic media were hazardous to intelligence, the quality of science would be plummeting.” From “Mind Over Mass Media” by Steven Pinker
What is Logical Evidence?
300
The dystopian America in the year 2081 where the government controls the lives, abilities, and appearances of all American citizens.
What is Setting?
300
Marnie’s primary motivation and concern in the short story.
What is kittens?
300
__________Type of Rhetorical Appeal in the following definition: Appeals to the speakers credibility and character by showing his/her expertise, knowledge, education, experience, training, etc.
What is Ethos?
300
__________ type of sensory imagery in the following quotation from the Billy Collins poem “Introduction to Poetry”: “or press an ear against its hive.”
What is Auditory and/or Hearing/Sound?
300
Evidence that is a brief story or personal experience used to illustrate or make a point.
What is Anecdotal Evidence?
400
is very smart, like his son, so he is forced to wear a radio that mentally handicaps him to keep him from thinking. He is also stronger than average and has to wear weights. He follows the rues of society and even watches the death of his son on television without fully understanding what happened.
Who is George Bergeron?
400
The primary conflict type in “Kittens”.
What is Man vs. Man?
400
__________Type of Rhetorical Appeal in the following quotation: “I feel we ought to plant [Columbine flowers] everywhere, to make sure we remember. In our backyards, on the graves of the children lost, even on the graves of the children who murdered, whose parents must surely live with the deepest emotional pain it is possible to bear.” From “Life is Precious, Or It’s Not” by Barbara Kingsolver
What is Pathos?
400
When a poet ends a line of a poem and starts a new one. These spaces can split up sentences and ideas to add a pause or emphasize an idea.
What is Line Break?
400
__________Type of evidence in the following quotation: “When comic books were accused of turning juveniles into delinquents in the 1950’s, crime was falling to record lows, just as the denunciation of video games in the 1990’s coincided with the great American crime decline.” From “Mind Over Mass Media” by Steven Pinker
What is Empirical Evidence?
500
The story teaches the reader the underlying message that total equality is a dangerous thing.
What is Theme?
500
Foreshadows the murders of Marnie’s brothers.
What is Marnie witnessing her dad drowning the kittens in the barn?
500
__________Type of Rhetorical Appeal in the following quotation: “It is possible to establish a zero tolerance for murder as a solution to anything. Those of us who agree to this contract can start by removing from our households and lives every television program, video game, film, book, toy, and CD that presents the killing of humans (however symbolic) as an entertainment option rather than the appalling loss it really is.” From “Life is Precious, Or It’s Not” by Barbara Kingsolver
What is Ethos? What is Call to Action?
500
In __________ by Jane Yolen shows us that fairy tale princesses should not only be portrayed as skinny, but they should be re-imagined to represent all types and sizes of women.
What is “Fat is Not a Fairy Tale”?
500
__________Type of evidence in the following quotation: “Genuine multitasking, too, has been exposed as a myth, not just by laboratory studies but by the familiar sight of an S.U.V. undulating between lanes as the driver cuts deals on his cell phone." From “Mind Over Mass Media” by Steven Pinker
What is Anecdotal Evidence?