Unit 2 Flashcards
The crisis
Thomas Paine
The Autobiography, Poor Richard’s Almanack, Speech in the Convention
Benjamin Franklin
Speech in the Virginia Convention
Patrick Henry
Letters from an American Farmer
Michel-Guillame Jean de Crevècoeur
First Prayer of the Continental Congress
Rev. Jacob Duche
Declaration of rights
Thomas Jefferson
U.s. Constitution
Thomas Jefferson
Declaration of independence
Thomas Jefferson
To seek to persuade or to reason with someone through the use of logical argument or discourse
Appeal to reason
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
Alliteration
A figure of speech involving comparison using like or as
Simile
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form
Personification
A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected. The answer may be obvious or immediately provided by the questioner.
Rhetorical question
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
Metaphor
the state of being parallel or of corresponding in some way.
Parallelism
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken seriously
Hyperbole
uses the manipulation of the recipient’s emotions, rather than valid logic, to win an argument. uses emotions as the basis of an argument’s position without factual evidence that logically supports the major ideas endorsed by the elicitor of the argument.
Appeal to emotion
a short and striking or memorable phrase used in advertising
Slogan
an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
Allusion
seeks to persuade an audience not by giving evidence but by appealing to the respect people have for the famous.
Appeal to authority
