Virtues
Analysis / Persuasion
Key Points
About Franklin
Miscellaneous
100

Tolerate no uncleanliness in body, clothes, or habitation.

What is Cleanliness?

100

Franklin writes, "though they never reach the wished for excellence of those copies, their hand is mended by the endeavor." What does this mean and what type of appeal is used?

What is Logical Appeal? -  Uses the logic that if you practice a skill for long enough (even though you might not perfect it), you will still be better than how you were before.

100

Number of virtues.

What is 13?

100

Franklin went into this business with his brother. His attitude caused him to leave the business but also led to the start of the Pennsylvania Gazette.

What is Printing?

100

Benjamin Franklin's most famous experiment includes attaching a key to a kite. This eventually led to this invention.

What is a lightning rod?

200

Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.

What is Order?

200

Franklin states, "I was surprised to find myself so much fuller of faults than I had imagined; but I had the satisfaction of seeing them diminish." In this quote, this type of appeal is used.

What is Ethical Appeal?

200

Franklin works work on each virtue, one by one, making the next virtues ___.

What is easier?

200

Franklin sailed across the Atlantic to form an alliance with this country, which was crucial to winning the war.

What is France?

200

Franklin invented these types of glasses.

What are Bifocals?

300

Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.

What is Temperance?

300

Franklin formats the process almost scientifically, with easy-to-understand graphs and straightforward explanations. In this way, he uses this persuasion technique.

What is logos/logical appeal?

300

To practice Order, he made a schedule for every ___ in one ___.

What is hour and day?

300

Franklin created the successful newspaper named this.

What is the Pennsylvania Gazette?

300

Franklin had the most trouble with this virtue.

What is Order?

400

Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.

What is Resolution?

400

Although Franklin does not explicitly state his reputation, many reading his writing will be likely to accept what he writes due to his reputation. In this way, this persuasion technique is used.

What is Ethos?

400

Franklin has a chart on which he marks a dot for each time he ___ to practice a ___.

What is fails and virtue?

400

Franklin was born in this city and was the youngest of 15 children.

What is Boston?

400

Franklin relates a spotted this type of tool to being imperfect.

What is an Ax?

500

Imitate Jesus and Socrates. 

What is Humility? 

500

What type of persuasion technique does he use the most? Give an example and explain. (Open-ended x2 points)

Franklin uses Logos - Throughout the piece, he explains how everything has a LOGICAL progression and explains his reasons behind every part of the process.

500

Franklin describes that it is impossible to reach perfection, but in trying to do so, you ___.

What is improve, better yourself, etc.

500

Franklin was asked to join these two people to draft the Declaration of Independence.

Who are John Adams and Thomas Jefferson?

500

In Franklin's schedule where he plans out his day, he plans to do this for 8 hours.

What is work?