Poems
What did Robert Frost mean when he said,
"But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To know that for destruction ice
Is also great"
What is. . .hate (‘ice’) may well consume us all through war (we need only look at how religious and political differences can make whole groups of people hate their Neighbours)
“There is no she, or her, or hers, in the tax laws” is an example of which kind of persuasion from the rhetorical triangle.
What is logos.
What is the rhetorical triangle?
Ethos (appeal to authority), Pathos (appeal to emotion), and Logos (appeal to logic)
What is the "why" behind a story.
What are the three branches of government?
No man is an island,
Entire of itself,
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
Which element (egos, pathos, logos) is in this poem?
What is Pathos.
“Take the constitution according to its plain reading, and I defy the presentation of a single proslavery clause in it. On the other hand it will be found to contain principles and purposes, entirely hostile to the existence of slavery"
What is Logos
What is connotation?
What is an emotion or idea associated with a word beyond its literal meaning
Name a story with an unreliable narrator.
What is the Great Gatsby (or anything else w/an unreliable narrator)
How many people are in the MN government (house members / senate members)?
What is 134 House members and 67 senators.
"Shall I compare thee to a summer day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate."
Sonnet 18, Shakespeare
What is the connotation for "Summer Day"
"The marks humans leave are too often scars."
What is Pathos
What does it mean to Galvanize?
What is to excite others into action
Name three kinds of conflict in a story.
man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. society, man vs. tech, man vs. supernatural, man vs. fate, man vs. self
Each bill must have a legislator to sponsor and introduce it in the Legislature - what are they called?
What is the author.
What is the theme of this Robert Frost poem, "A Time To Talk"
When a friend calls to me from the road
And slows his horse to a meaning walk,
I don’t stand still and look around
On all the hills I haven’t hoed,
And shout from where I am, What is it?
No, not as there is a time to talk.
I thrust my hoe in the mellow ground,
Blade-end up and five feet tall,
And plod: I go up to the stone wall
For a friendly visit.
“As a leading climate scientist with years of experience researching this field, I can assure you that global warming is a pressing issue that requires an urgent and serious response.” which type of appeal is this?
What is Ethos
What is the garden path type of persuasion?
What is an author creating a false trail (or planting a false idea) simply to disagree with it
Which uses the setting to make the reader feel emotion?
What is mood.
How many votes do you need to pass a bill?
What is this requires a two-thirds vote in the House (90 votes) and Senate (45 votes).
Maya Angelou's Still I Rise is an example of what literary device that we discussed?
"You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise."
What are some ways that people galvanize an audience?
Name the 5 elements of plot.
1) Exposition 2) Rising Action 3) Climax 4) Falling Action 5) Resolution
Most often legislators make ---------- to bills when they are being considered in committee.
What is amendments.