Main points - theme
Rhetorical devices
Theme texts
Literary terms
US in general
100
The idea that every problem, however difficult, can be solved. Impossible problems might take a little longer.
What is the can-do spirit
100
… racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind's final war.
What is metaphor
100
The name of the woman in Oregon Journal
What is Vittwia Mickelson
100
A narrator that cannot be trusted
What is an unreliable narrator
100
The number of stars in the Stars and Stripes
What is 50
200
Rrights among other, unalienable rights
What is the right to life, liberty andpursuit of happiness
200
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden , meet any hardship , support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
What is aliteration
200
The one thing you should not ask from your country
What is what your country can do for you
200
A term that describes a switch backwards in time in a story
What is flashback
200
The symbolism of the stripes in the Stars and Stripes
What is the 13 original states
300
The thing that governments do
What is secure the rights
300
For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three-quarters ago.
What is allusion
300
The person or thing that tries to prevent the hero from achieving his or her goal
What is an antagonist
300
The name of the president during the Civil War
What is Abraham Lincoln
400
An important idea about you as a person, when you are out on the Frontier
What is what you can do, not who you are
400
We observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom -- symbolizing an end, as well as a beginning -- signifying renewal , as well as change.
What is antithesis
400
The ethos JFK seeks to establish in his Inaugural Address
What is the president of the USA
400
Something that hints at something that will happen in the future
What is foreshadowing
400
The first man on the moon
What is Neil Armstrong
500
A thing people can do to the government
What is abolish/dissolve the government
500
…new generation of Americans -- born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage , and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights…
What is parallelism
500
The reason the Declaration of Independence was written
What is to explain why America severed their ties to England
500
Something often used to mislead the reader in a crime story
What is a red herring
500
Something that is celebrated in the US on the 4th of July
What is Independence Day