Rhetorical Situation
Unit 1: Vocabulary
Historical Context
Grammar
Rhetorical Choices
100

The event that encouraged the author to write about is also know as...

exigence 

100

What word means the intersection of multiple identities?

Intersectionality

100

What year was slavery abolished?

1865

100

Add the correct subordinating conjunction to the following sentence:

_____ we examine our own biases, we can never be truly free.

Until, Unless

100

An authors feelings about what he/she is writing about

Tone

200
The historical and social events going on that motivated the writer to write is know as what?

Social context and Historical Context

200

What is the word for a person who actively fights against racism?

anti racist

200

What happened in 2016 that would inspire Hernandez to write to her undocumented mother. 

Donald Trump elections, grew anxiety for undocumented workers in the U.S. Stricter policies on immigration

200

read the following sentence and identify two independent clauses, the dependent clause and subordinating conjunction. 

Last night I went to bed at 8 pm because I had a long day at work and was extremely exhausted.

Independent clause: Last night I went to bed at 8 pm,  I had a long day at work

Dependent: was extremely exhausted

Subordinating conjunction: because

200

What are the two types of diction we referenced in this class?

Connotative diction

Concrete diction

300

In Baldwins "My Dungeon Shook" who was the primary audience, and who was the secondary audience?

Primary: His nephew

Secondary: Other African Americans who are trying to live up to the standards of white people or white Americans who are ignoring their blatant racism.

300

Gender and race are ______.

Social Constructs 

300

Name three major events of the civil rights movement. 

- MLK  assassination, letter from Birmingham     

-Black Panther Party     -assassination of JFK

- Emmett Till Murder     -Voting Rights Act

- Brown V Board            -Civil Rights Act

-Sit in Campaigns           -Freedom riders


300

Write a declarative sentence, interrogative sentence, and imperative sentence. 

declarative: tells something (.)

interrogative (?)

imperative: command (.)

300

In "John Brown's Address" he makes an allusion to what? 

The Bible

400

What is Zuiri Hernandez message about capitalism.

She wants to work to dismantle capitalism and she encourages low wage workers to stop feeding into this system that exploits them. 

400

What is the difference between equality and equity?

equality means giving everyone the same things while equity means to give people what they need. 

400

What is structured racism?

Racism that is implemented by the government and other capitalist entities, for example voter suppression, gentrification, red lining, gerrymandering. 

400

Fill in the blank with the proper subordinating conjunction: 

 ____ we were already at the park, we decided to play a quick game of soccer before the picnic.

Since, Because

400

This sentence is an example of what? 

"We must learn  to live together as brothers or perish together as fools." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Antithesis 

500

Name all 7 sections of the Rhetorical Situation. 

1. Exigence        6. Message 

2. Writer            7. Purpose

3. Audience        

4. Context 

5. Tone 

500

Baldwin believes that if we all learn to love each other, we can successfully integrate black and white people despite our differences. This is an example of?

 Ideology

500

Name three black historical figures from the civil rights movement. 

-MLK 

-Rosa Parks

-Malcolm X

- Ruby Bridges 

500

What type of sentence is this?

Every time I shop online, I spend all of my money on things that I don't need.

Complex

500

What is irony in quotation marks? provide an example. 

punctuation used to indicate sarcasm or irony. They are used to signal that what is being said should not be taken at face value. Also known as air quotes. 

ex. Christopher Columbus "discovered" the Americas