Literary Periods
This war was a major influence on almost all Rationalist period writings.
What is the American Revolution?
This type of rhetorical appeal occurs when the speaker tries to convince his audience through historical evidence, data, or "if/then" statements.
What is logos?
What is rebel against Britain?
Many Rationalist speakers committed this logical fallacy against the king, since they were so frustrated by Britain that it often clouded their common sense.
What is ad hominem?
This is a common literary device used by authors in this literary period--easy to identify thanks to the question mark that must always accompany it.
What is a rhetorical question?
This was a main purpose of many Rationalism writings.
What is "to persuade"?
This type of rhetorical appeal occurs when the speaker attempts to convince his audience that they should be upset, angry, or otherwise passionate about a situation.
What is pathos?
Throughout "Speech to the Virginia Convention," Henry compares his fellow colonists to ___ enchained in the hands of the British.
What are slaves?
When Henry defends the fight against the British by saying that 3 million colonists agree with him, he commits this logical fallacy.
What is ad populum?
This is what the 2nd "S" in SOAPSTone stands for.
What is Subject?
Deism was an attempt to find a balance between these two things.
What are science and religion?
This type of rhetorical appeal occurs when the speaker reminds her audience of her expert background, like extensive training or degrees, or talks about similar beliefs, like their religious faith.
What is ethos?
In an argumentative essay, properly integrating, quoting, and citing the line "50% said no" written by author Wing Smith should look like this:
What is
However, "50% said no" (Smith).
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A false dichotomy can also be known as this.
What is the either/or fallacy?
The "Occasion" portion of a SOAPSTone analysis wants you to describe this.
What is the setting (time and place)?
* will also accept, what was the historical context, or the inspiration/motivation for writing.
This is a common genre (like poem or story) of Rationalism writing, but often delivered verbally.
What is a speech?
When Rationalist author Patrick Henry reviews the unsuccessful nature of the last 10 years of communication with Britain, he is appealing to this type of rhetoric.
What is logos?
When the writers of the Declaration of Independence made revisions, these are the types of changes they made.
What is:
- shortened their points?
- calmed down their language?
- (will accept other answers on a case by case basis)
If a Rationalist were to say "I ate pork, then got shot, therefore eating pork is too dangerous for soldiers," he'd be committing this logical fallacy.
What is post hoc, ergo propter hoc?
When a SOAPSTone analysis asks you to explain a writing's Tone, these are the 3 basic details it's looking for.
What are:
- tone
- literary devices
- and examples/analysis of those literary devices?
These are two of the Rationalist writers we read during this unit.
Who are [combo of Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine, or Thomas Jefferson]?
* will also accept something like "Founding Fathers" for Declaration of Independence writers
When the Declaration of Independence continually refers to a Creator, it appeals to this.
What is ethos?
This is the name of the argumentative structure we reviewed (which you were provided an outline template for), using examples like from Sesame Street.
What is Classical?
The belief that colonists will be enslaved in chains & controlled by soldiers if they don't start fighting against British rule is this logical fallacy.
What is slippery slope?
The final line of Patrick Henry's speech--"give me liberty or give me death!"--is a very famous example of this literary device.
What is parallelism?