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Charged words

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Words likely to produce a strong emotional response

Ie tyranny

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Personification

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Attribution of human powers or qualities to something that’s not human such as an inanimate object, an aspect of nature, or an abstract idea.

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Diction

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The authors choice and arrangement of words. Creates a personal stamp
Examples: casual, formal, simple, safisticated

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Speeches

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Written works delivered orally

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Epistles

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Public letters written to society. Written in essay form.

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Audiences

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Who a persuasive essay is written to. Affects a persons writing and tone.

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Persuasion

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Writing meant to convince readers to think or act in a certain way. Appeals to emotions or reason. Offers opinions and urgent action. Author must back up points with evidence.

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Autobiography

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Usually written in the first person presents life events as a person sees them. More personal than history books.

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Aphorisms

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Short saints with a message

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From “The Autobiography” author

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Benjamin Franklin

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“The Declaration of Independence” author

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Thomas Jefferson

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“An Hymn to the Everything” author

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Phillis Wheatley

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“To his Excellency, George Washington” author

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Phillis Wheatley

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“Speech in the convention” author

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Benjamin Franklin

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From “letters from an American farmer” author

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Michel-Guillaume Jean de Crèvrcoeur

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From “Poor Richards Almanac” author

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Benjamin Franklin

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From “The Crisis” author

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Thomas Paine

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From “Letter From Birmingham City Jail” author

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Dr Marrin Luther King

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“Speech in Virginia convention” author

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Patrick Henry

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“Letter to her daughter from the new White House” author

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Abigail Adams

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What are some characteristics of Benjamin Franklin?

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  • worked as a printer most of his life.
  • wrote under pseudonyms (Richard; Silence Dogood)
  • wrote many moral messages (in form of aphorisms)
  • inventor (lightening rod, bifocals, new stove, laws of electricity, scientific understanding of earthquakes and ocean currents)
  • political career (write declaration,French support in revolutionary war, peace treaty with Britain, constitution)
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Summarize The Autobiography

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  • Benjamin names 13 virtues that he needed to live by (temperance, frugality, order, industry, etc.)
  • he defines them and fits them into his life
  • he makes a schedule of his day to incorporate the virtues
  • he makes a plan to work on these virtues (not all at once of course)
  • he struggled with order because he has a lot to do and it was difficult for him to be content with how well he did everything
  • he said a speckled ax is best(don’t have to be perfect)
  • he says he’s not perfect but he’s glad he tried
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Summarize Poor Richards Almanac

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  • many many aphorisms
  • ex: a true friend is the best possession
  • ex: a good example is the best sermon
  • ex: no gains without pains
  • ex: three may keep a secret if two of them are dead
  • ex: haste makes waste
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Characteristics of Thomas Jefferson

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  • 3rd president (doubled size of nation(Louisiana territory))
  • helped gain independence
  • invented food elevator
  • violinist, art enthusiast, writer
  • died on 4th of July shortly after Bff John Adams
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Characteristics of Thomas Paine

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  • Journalist
  • in American army
  • he wrote the American crisis, common sense, the rights of man, and the age of reason (all politically involved writings)
  • very powerful and influential works
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Summarize the declaration of independence

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  • persuading the people for a change in government
  • unalienable rights(life Liberty pursuit of happiness)
  • peoples duty to overthrow corrupt government
  • Britain has done wrong (passing laws, not giving them a say, taking land and things away from them, British soldiers harassing them
  • we’ve tried to be cool about it but it’s not working so we have to be independent
  • so basically we are separating so bye
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From the crisis #1 summary

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  • basically war is neccassry
  • we are bound in lisa very by Britain
  • we need to break free
  • he says that he wouldn’t usually be for offensive war because that’s basically murder, but he says that this is necessary because Britain is bad
  • he calls upon everyone to go to war
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Characteristics of Phyllis Wheatley

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  • enslaved african poet
  • one of first published africans
  • poem to George Washingotn
  • Freed in 1773 (children died and husband jailed)
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A hymn to the evening summary

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  • poem about evening
  • sable curtains of night
  • go to sleep
  • very descriptive of the time
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Summary of To His Excellency George Washington

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  • personifies America as the goddess columbia (columbus)
  • basically Washington is great
  • america is awesome
  • french and England don’t stand a chance bc we have George W
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characteristics of Martin Luther King Jr.

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  • civil rights leader - freedom
  • mlk jr. shared same freedom ideas of thomas jefferson, phillis wheatley, and many others
  • arrested for protesting
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Summary of Letters to birmingham city jail

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  • we will get freedom in birmingham and everywhere
  • we’ve been here all along we deserve rights
  • you wouldn’t commend police for putting us in jail if you knew they let their dogs bite us and they acted violently on us
  • they are only being good right now because they want to keep segregation
  • commend us for putting up with this violence
  • mlk jr. writes this from a jail cell and that’s why this is so long because he has nothing else to do in his jail cell
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characteristics of patrick henry

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  • better than an actor (moved his listeners from anger to fear to laughter)
  • “give me liberty or give me death”
  • powerful orator
  • united colonists in effort for independence
  • house of burgesses(had powerful speech opposing stamp act)
  • urged armed resistance to England
  • after revolution, he was governor of Virginia and member of virginia general assembly
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Characteristics of Ben franklin

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  • rose out of poverty
  • no educatoin
  • still contributed a lot
  • leader for independence
  • probz the deciding factor for the war
  • signed peace treaty to end war
  • only american to sign all four documents
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summary of speech in the virginia convention

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  • fight for independence and separation from the british kind
  • writes to mr president
  • should i keep my opinions in fear of offending someone?
  • we cannot hope that things are just going to get better
  • need war
  • britain is bad and preparing to fight us
  • arguing doesnt work we need war
  • slavery or war
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summary of speech in the convention

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  • writes to mr president saying that people think they are always right
  • he mostly agrees with the constitution but hes willing to be flexible so he keeps his few issues to himself
  • a lot of wise people made the consititution but there will still be issues because people have self interests
  • we need to look unified so put aside your small issues and just go with the constitution
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Characterisitcs of abigail adams

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  • wife mother, write, artist, first-lady, revolutionary, womens rights pioneer
  • educated her children (even her daughter)
  • husband was busy so she wrote a lot of letters
  • first family to live in white house
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characteristics of michel guillaume jean de crevecoeur

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  • french aristocrat, immigrant to the US
  • compared america to melting pot
  • confirmed america as a land of great promise
  • left america and went to london
  • came back and his farmed burned, wife was killed, children fostered
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summary of letter to her daughter from the new white house

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  • letter to daughter
  • new white house (trouble getting there (woods)(not really a city), many servants to take care of house, no lighting (no wood), no bells)
  • she pretends to like white house
  • received some letters from friends
  • wants to visit mrs Washington
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summary of letters from an american farmer

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  • being a part of a country (not where you were born or where you starve and wander and there is war)
  • america is great because there are new lawas, new living, citizens (not “slaves”), industry,
  • america is flourishing (like a plant who has separated from the crown)
  • only england because of language and a few friends
  • america must keep improving
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parallelism

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a sentence that contains the same grammatical components; has a rhythm or sound to it; (she ran into the room, into the garden, and into our hearts)

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repetition

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repeating the same phrase over and over

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restatement

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restating sentence using different words

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logical appeal

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appealing to reason

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emotional appeal

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appealing to audiences hopes and fears

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call to action

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directly urging the reader to do something

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anecdote

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a short story or example

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analogy

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comparing two things

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rhetorical question

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asking questions; usually with obvious answers

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a figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent person or a personified quality, object, or idea

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apostrophe

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author’s point of view

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when writing, authors must decide from what point of view they want to express their ideas. There are three different choices - first person, second person, an a variety of third person point of views

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context

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the words that are used with a certain word phrase and that help to explains its meaning

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journal

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a daily autobiographical account of events and person reactions

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narrative

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a story told in fiction,,, nonfiction, poetry, or drama

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oral tradition

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the passing of songs, stories, and poems from generation to generation by word of mouth

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oratory

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public speaking that is formal, persuasive, and emotionally appealing

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origin myths

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myths that describe the origin of some feature of the natural or social world

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Puritan Plain Style

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type of writing in which uncomplicated sentences and ordinary words are used to make simple, direct statements

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sermon

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a lecture

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summarize

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to say a brief statement or account of the main points of something

English 3H Caroline (19 decks)

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