Revolutionary Literature Jeopardy!

Authors

100

This author said, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"

Patrick Henry

200

This author included The Declaration in his autobiography.

Thomas Jefferson

300

List two accomplishments achieved by Benjamin Franklin. 

Inventing the Bifocals, harnessing electricity, founding UPenn, etc.

400

This founding father claimed to oppose slavery, but owned slaves while fathering a child with one. 

Thomas Jefferson

500

Authored The Crisis, no. 1

Thomas Paine

Vocabulary

100

A persuasive appeal to a speaker's credibility

Ethos

200

Giving human characteristics to an inhuman subject.

Personification

300

A theory by Aristotle that looks at how speaker, audience, and message interact.

Rhetorical Triangle

400

This is the name of the religious theory that challenged Puritanism and was practiced by most founding fathers:

Deism

500

What literary device is this an example of:

Whether he who does it is a king or a common man; my countryman or not my countryman; whether it be done by an individual villain, or an army of them?” -The Crisis, No. 1

Paralellism (Repeating structures)

Logical Fallacies

100

You either want to raise taxes or lower them, there is no in-between. 

Either-or Fallacy

200

All lawyers will cheat you for every penny you're worth.

Hasty Generalization

300

"I am not guilty of tax evasion. And even if I was, I am a strong supporter of national defense and that is what really matters."

Red Herring

400

The General is the best car insurance-- their commercials with Shaq in them are the best!

Appeal to False Authority

500

"I don't understand why she’s so upset. After all, it's not like I ate her chocolate cake."

Non-Sequitur

Historical Background

100

This is the year the revolution began:

1776

200

Paul Revere used this as a signal of an incoming British invasion.

Lanterns

300

America was THIS kind of society at the time of the Revolution:

Agrarian

400

This was the name of the taxation legislation that prompted the Boston Tea Party and other protests against taxation.

The Stamp Act

500

List the two terms that were used to describe those who were loyal to the King of England. 

Loyalists and Tories

Literary Works

100

How many virtues did Benjamin Franklin have?

13

200

What was the central idea of the Declaration of Independence?

That the colonies were seeking freedom and protecting their inalienable rights

300

Why was slavery omitted from the Declaration?

Two southern states wanted to keep using slaves; the colonies could not agree slavery

400

What is the purpose of "Speech to the Virginia Convention?"

To convince delegates to fight in the Revolution

500

What does Thomas Paine compare British soldiers to in The Crisis?

Thieves