Historical Context
What us the definition of the term HISTORICAL CONTEXT
The time period in which a text was written
What is the definition of allusion?
Purposeful reference to another work
What are the 3 rhetorical appeals?
Ethos, pathos, logos
What is author's purpose?
The reason why someone wrote a specific work
What is theme?
the central idea or message that an author is trying to get across
What is included in the historical context of the speech "I Have a Dream"
Civil Rights Movement, March on Washington, Sit-Ins, Bus Boycott, peaceful protests
What is the definition of repetition?
Repeating the same word or phrase in multiple lines
What is the definition of the word Ethos?
Appeal to ethics that establishes credibility of the author
What is the author's purpose of "I Have a Dream"?
To persuade people that Black Americans deserve equal rights.
When Dr. King referenced the Gettysburg Address and the place where he was speaking at the beginning of "I Have a Dream" what form of figurative language was he using?
Allusion
What is the historical context of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass?
Slavery
What is the same and different about similes and metaphors?
Both compare 2 unlike things, but only similes use the words "like" or "as"
What is an example of a persuasive device that is NOT a rhetorical appeal?
Repetition, Allusion, Hyperbole, Simile, Metaphor etc.
What is the author's purpose of the poems Langston Hughes wrote? ("Dreams" "Dream Deferred" and "I, Too")
To describe the African American experience and explore truths of human life.
What is the theme of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass?
Knowledge has the power to change the world, and your situation for the better.
What is included in the historical context of the poem "The Hill We Climb"
Joe Biden's Inauguration, COVID-19, Insurrection at the Capital, BLM Protests
The following sentence is an example of what type of figurative language
School is so boring I am going to die.
Hyperbole
When cell phone companies show the map of the wide area their service covers and compares that to other companies which appeal are they using?
What are the 4 main types of author's purpose?
Instruct, Inform, Persuade, Entertain, Describe
What does it mean if the author's purpose is to instruct
includes steps in a process and directions to teach the reader how to do something
What is the historical context of the poems written by Langston Hughes ("I, Too", "Dreams" and "Dream Deferred")
Harlem Renaissance
The following sentence is an example of what type of figurative language
My dream died when I didn't get into my top college choice.
Personification
An advertisement that tells the sad story of a puppy being abandoned to persuade the audience to adopt the puppy uses which rhetorical appeal?
Pathos
What is the author's purpose of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass?
To inform people about the horrors of slavery, and persuade those in power to abolish it.
What is the author's purpose of the poem "The Hill We Climb?
To describe the struggles of the recent year and persuade people to unite to make the world a better place.