Vocabulary 1
This word means being aware of or informed about something.
What is cognizant?
This word describes something that seems contradictory or impossible but may actually be true.
What is paradoxical?
If a government punishes citizens for criticizing leaders, those citizens may fear this act of revenge.
What is retaliation?
Main claim is that people should give up some individual freedoms to a single strong government in exchange for protection, order, and security through the social contract.
Who is Thomas Hobbes in "Leviathan"?
An assumption that the audience agrees with, which serves as the basis for a claim.
What is a premise?
This word means a breakdown or distancing in a relationship between people or groups.
What is estrangement?
This term means the largest group or amount, but not necessarily more than half.
What is plurality?
A dark sky, strange silence, and warning sirens might all create this threatening feeling.
What is ominous?
In ___ this person argues that: governments exist to protect people’s natural rights—life, liberty, and property—and that citizens have the right to overthrow a government that fails to do so
Who is John Locke in "Two Treatises on Government"?
The process of proving a position or idea. Must include claims, evidence and reasoning.
What is an argument?
This term refers to being denied rights, power, or the ability to participate, especially in government or voting.
What is disenfranchisement?
This word means a special right, privilege, or power that belongs to a person or group.
What is prerogative?
A student who fully understands the classroom rules and expectations could be described with this word.
What is cognizant?
________ argues in "_______" that people have a moral duty to challenge and disobey unjust laws because governments break the social contract when they deny citizens equality and justice.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr. in "Letter from Birmingham Jail"?
An assertion (statement) that supports a thesis statement.
What is a claim?
This term means avoiding punishment or consequences for wrongdoing.
What is impunity?
This term means an act of revenge or responding to harm with harm.
What is retaliation?
When someone commits crimes but faces no punishment or consequences, they are acting with this.
What is impunity?
In [text] this author's main claim is that individuals should trust their own conscience and judgment instead of blindly conforming to society’s expectations or authority.
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson in "Self-Reliance"?
The use of logic to draw conclusions, make predictions or develop explanations that prove a claim is true.
What is reasoning?
This adjective describes something that seems threatening or suggests that something bad is about to happen.
What is ominous?
This verb means to break a rule, law, or moral boundary.
What does transgress mean?
Breaking a law, crossing a moral boundary, or violating a rule all mean to do this.
What does transgress mean?
_______ argues in "_______" that individuals have a moral responsibility to resist and refuse to support unjust laws or governments, even if doing so means breaking the law.
Who is Henry David Thoreau in "Civil Disobedience"?
Facts, statistics, studies or anecdotes that prove a claim is true.
What is evidence?