Understanding "American" Satirical Cartoons
"American" Poetry
Jolliffe's Framework vis a vis "Aunt Jemima" articles
Sinners and Declarations
The Gettysburg Address(ES)
100
Name any two current or historical events implicitly alluded to in this cartoon.
What is (answers may vary, but can include COVID-19, slavery, Black Lives Matters, the killing of George Floyd or Eric Gardner)
100
The final line of Richard Wilbur's "A Barred Owl" is an example of *this* unanswerable question.
What is a rhetorical question?
100
The listing of ingredients in this early ad featuring Nancy Green qualifies as *this* "facts and words"-based Aristotelian appeal:
What is logos?
100
The man pictured here, he delivered "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" to his New England congregations in 1741
Who is Jonathan Edwards?
Bonus 100: One of his sermons was in *this* northern CT town
100
In the text below, given the history of the United States, which five consecutive words are ironic when juxtaposed against many of the texts and lessons in this unit on "otherness?"
(1) Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, (2) conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. (3) Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation, so (4) conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.
What is that "all men are created equal"
200
The cartoon below p__________________ America as slovenly, unkempt male.
What is personfiies?
Bonus: Technically, the cartoon uses this "A" word, a "cousin" of personification but a type of figurative language/imagery in which non-human ideas are presented as humans. Bonus 100 points for perfect spelling!
200
Both Wilbur and Dickinson's poem raise the ethical dilemma over whether or not _____ is an acceptable practice.
What is lying?
200
An article on the conservative-leaning site Town Hall quotes Budweiser on the controversial use of transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, saying, Anheuser-Busch is in a unique position to bring attention to DE&I issues in a way that brings consumers along on the journey to drive positive change and create a more equitable world…we can leverage our scale and resources to further conversations around DE&I and help consumers understand the difference they can make as individuals," using this basic Arisotelian appeal.
What is pathos?
Bonus 100: *This* symbol associated with the rhetorical triangle reminds us that the use of the three appeals does not exist in a vacuum.
200
In the Declaration of Independence, one can infer that enumeratio is doing *this* as a rhetorical technique
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing Importance, unless suspended in their Operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other Laws for the Accommodation of large Districts of People, unless those People would relinquish the Right of Representation in the Legislature, a Right inestimable to them, and formidable to Tyrants only.
He has called together Legislative Bodies at Places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the Depository of their public Records, for the sole Purpose of fatiguing them into Compliance with his Measures.
He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly Firmness his Invasions on the Rights of the People.
He has refused for a long Time, after such Dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the Dangers of Invasion from without, and Convulsions within.
He has endeavoured to prevent the Population of these States; for that Purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their Migrations hither, and raising the Conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
What is listing?
Bonus 100: Enumeratio would fall under which Arisotelian appeal and why?
200
"Four score and seven years ago" equals *this* number, which when subtracted from the speech's 1863 occasion, gives you *this* other year, the date of the writing of the Declaration of Independence and the beginning of the American Revolution.
What are 87 and 1776?
300
America as a melting pot contrasts with the more recent metaphor of America as *this* culinary offering.
What is a salad bowl?
Bonus 100: In one written sentence, explain the metaphor for America as a salad bowl, using a verb beginning with an "A" that means to adapt or blend one's ways with those of a new culture, though not necessarily "losing" one's original identity.
300
Emily Dickinson's use of *this* punctuation mark might ask her readers to wonder if it is a recurring motif or something else.
What is an em-dash?
300
A Liberty Loft.com article writes, "
The lingering question is will this be enough to satisfy those who are crying out for justice? After all, they are out for recognition of the Black and Brown communities, and what better recognition and honor than having a product depicting one in a trustworthy manner.
But it will not be enough. They will have an issue with this one as well. If we are going to go fully woke in this situation, we can see glaring issues at the start.
Here, the bolded phrase serves as the article's _____ against the argument that changing Aunt Jemima's name to Pearl Milling would appeal to the black demographic.
What is rebuttal?
Bonus 100: Appealing to the an audience's desire to not be associated with a racist caricature would be an appeal to which of Aristotle's three basic appeals?
300
*This word* below uses both anaphora and mesodiplosis
1. God may cast wicked men into Hell at any given moment.
2. The wicked deserve to be cast into Hell. Divine justice does not prevent God from destroying the wicked at any moment.
3. . The wicked, at this moment, suffer under God's condemnation to Hell.
4. The wicked, on earth—at this very moment—suffer a sample of the torments of Hell. The wicked must not think, simply because
What is "wicked?"
300
The lines, "(8) But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow this (9) ground" make use of anaphora and synonymous verbs, using p____________ s___________, a kind of logos.
What is parallel structure?
400
The cartoon below uses "running" in two different c______________.
What are contexts or connotations?
FYI: Using one verb but with two different contexts in a given group of words is known as syllepsis
400
Write any line from Dickinson's poem that suggests one can metaphorically "quantify" telling the truth
What is (answers will vary)?
400
Growing calls to distance the pancake mix and syrup from its racist origins might have been the e______ or k________ for Quaker Oats (owned by Pepsi) to change the iconic brand name to Pearl Milling.
What is exigence/kairos
400
Lines like, "There is nothing that keeps wicked men at any one moment out of hell, but the mere pleasure of God" and the image of God dangling sinners over the pit of Hell like a spider suggest God's o_______________ in "Sinners . . ."
What is omnipotence?
400
In the lines, "and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth" use this word as a euphemism to create a less harsh tone.
What is "perish?"
500
The cartoon below combines two words to form a new word (neologism). This is known as a p______________. Other examples include "Spanglish," "spork," and "motel."
What is portmanteau?
500
The number of the line in Dickinson's poem that is written in passive voice
Tell all the truth but tell it slant —
(1) Success in Circuit lies
(2) Too bright for our infirm Delight
(3) The Truth's superb surprise
(4) As Lightning to the Children eased
(5) With explanation kind
(6) The Truth must dazzle gradually
(7) Or every man be blind —
What is line 4?
Bonus 500: Write line four in active voice
500
The quote from a CNN article reading, "'I mean who else has experienced slavery and then walked through all of the experiences of America, Jim Crow, segregation, lynching,' Williams said" combines rhetorical questions and *this* type of figurative language in which one refers to one thing or person (the Jump Jim Crow character) but also means something closely related. Boy I bet those pancakes were mmm mmm good!
What is metonymy?
Bonus 100: The name "Jim Crow" refers to years of "legalized" _________.
500
In the text below, write down the five consecutive words that also imply God's omnipotence.
We, therefore, the Representatives of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the World for the Rectitude of our Intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly Publish and Declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be, Free and Independent States;
What is "Supreme Judge of the World?"
500
Perciles' funeral oration, often cited as a historical precedent for Lincoln's speech, begins, "I shall begin with our ancestors," corresponds with Lincoln honoring *who* in his speech?
Who are the dead (fallen soldiers)
Bonus 100: The Nicolay version, or first draft, reads, "It is rather for us, the living, to stand here" vs. The Bliss version's "be here," showing Lincoln ultimately chose a _____ verb over a ____ verb.
Bonus 200: In the Nicolay version's lines, "of the people by the people for the people, shall not perish from the earth," note the missing ________ from the Bliss version, a choice of s________ s________.