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Puritans
Rationalists
Romantics
Persuasion
Terms
100
The puritan view of man
what is totally corrupt
100
view of God
What is clockmaker
100
haunted, distant landscapes
What is anti-transcendentalist
100
making a statement that is too broad to prove
What is over-generalization
100
a work of literature in which people, objects, and events stand for abstract qualities
What is allegory
200
where the truth lies
what is the bible
200
how man is born
What is with a blank slate, neither good or bad
200
feeling over reason
What is early, T, and AT
200
falsely assuming that because one event follows another, the first event caused the second
What is cause-and-effect fallacy
200
an indirect reference to a person, evnt, or literary work with which the author believes the reader will be familiar
What is allusion
300
attitude about life
What is pessimistic
300
types of literature
What is pamphlets, essays, newspapers, speeches
300
nature is neutral
What is transcendentalist
300
an effective persuasive method based on shared moral values and calling for audience to share morals
What is ethical appeal
300
imagery that appeals to one sense when another is being stimulated
What is synesthesia
400
typical protagonists
What is Man of God, elect
400
writing style
What is propaganda, long sentences, complex
400
fireside poets
What is early romantic
400
beginning with a premise and proceeding with examples and facts
What is deductive reasoning
400
a statement that seems to contradict itself but may suggest an important truth
What is oxymoron
500
Types of literature
What is sermons, letters, diaries, journals
500
philosophers & authors
Who are Locke, Descartes, Newton (philosophers) and Franklin, Paine, Jefferson (authors)
500
emerson & thoreau
What is transcendentalist
500
four techniques for persuasive writing
What are clarify your position, know your audience, support your opinion, and begin and end with a "bang"
500
exaggerating the truth for emphasis or humor
What is hyperbole