Unit 2

Question 0

The crisis

Answer 0

Thomas Paine

Question 1

The Autobiography, Poor Richard’s Almanack, Speech in the Convention

Answer 1

Benjamin Franklin

Question 2

Speech in the Virginia Convention

Answer 2

Patrick Henry

Question 3

Letters from an American Farmer

Answer 3

Michel-Guillame Jean de Crevècoeur

Question 4

First Prayer of the Continental Congress

Answer 4

Rev. Jacob Duche

Question 5

Declaration of rights

Answer 5

Thomas Jefferson

Question 6

U.s. Constitution

Answer 6

Thomas Jefferson

Question 7

Declaration of independence

Answer 7

Thomas Jefferson

Question 8

To seek to persuade or to reason with someone through the use of logical argument or discourse

Answer 8

Appeal to reason

Question 9

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

Answer 9

Alliteration

Question 10

A figure of speech involving comparison using like or as

Answer 10

Simile

Question 11

The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form

Answer 11

Personification

Question 12

A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected. The answer may be obvious or immediately provided by the questioner.

Answer 12

Rhetorical question

Question 13

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

Answer 13

Metaphor

Question 14

the state of being parallel or of corresponding in some way.

Answer 14

Parallelism

Question 15

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken seriously

Answer 15

Hyperbole

Question 16

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.

Answer 16

Appeal to emotion

Question 17

a short and striking or memorable phrase used in advertising

Answer 17

Slogan

Question 18

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

Answer 18

Allusion

Question 19

seeks to persuade an audience not by giving evidence but by appealing to the respect people have for the famous.

Answer 19

Appeal to authority