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American Lit
Unit 2
38
English
11th Grade
10/05/2009

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Anectdote
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short story; illustrates emtiosn to persuade giev hope
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In 1928 we beat the best team in the country and we missed half of our team... is an example of an:
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anectdote
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Clockmaker Theory
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Proposed by Newton saying God made this earth. Now we must let is be.
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Rationalism
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the ability to reason. SCIENCE. seperating our mind from God
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Deism
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You can earn your way into heaven. Please God by pleasing others
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Parallel Structure
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Sentences constructed with similar gramatical structure.
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Persuasion
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The ability to appeal to logic and emotion
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Repetition
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used to emphasize key points. Example is Patrick Henry
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Rhetorical Question
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A question that makes a statement. No answer is sought.
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Self-Made Man
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Through your own hard work and talent you can become sucessful. Seen by Franklin
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Ben Franklin
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Born in Boston. Originally Poor. Publisher of the Pennsylvania Gazette
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Ben Franklin
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Found the first public library. was a good diplomat and negotiator. Was at one point a big hit in Britain
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Ben Franklin
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When he arrived from London Battles at Lexington and Concord ensued. went to France and was apart of Constitutional convention.
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Autobiography of Franklin
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Clothes were being sent by ship. He rowed the ship and still paid to act like he was rich.
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Autobiography of Franklin
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Purchased bread ate it, gave some to a family...Slept in a Quaker meeting house.
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Autobiography of Franklin
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Looked to achieve moral perfection constructed 13 ways to live life and each virtue paved way for the next.
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Poor Richard's Almanack
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list of 19 funny words of wisdom that sum up life.
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Benjamin Franklin
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Author of Poor Richard's Almanack
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Patrick Henry
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Stood up at the Virginia house of Burgesses and professed a speech regarding the Stamp Act and became known as Americas greatest persuasive writer
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Patrick Henry
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Discovered his love of orating his true calling, the law.
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Patrick Henry
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"give me liberty or give me Death
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Patrick Henry
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Stabbed himself with an ivory letter opener while proclaiming a speech at the word death.
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Thomas Paine
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Was born in England had a poor upbringing. Several jobs, fired as a tax collector, wanted to strike, came to America
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Thomas Paine
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Was invited to America by Franklin and able to work as a Philly journalist.
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Thomas Paine
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Wrote Common Sense where he defames King George III and makes him look like a fool.
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Thomas Paine
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Composed the Rights of Man, an impassionate defense to republican government. And wanted poeple to reject the King and was thus banned from England on the charge of treason
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Thomas Paine
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Fled to France after banned form Britain but was imprisoned for being a citizen of the Enemy. Monroe got his freedom by saying he was American.
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Thomas Paine
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The author of the Age of Reason. People thought he was an atheist and people ignored him, when he died he didnt even get a proper burial.
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Thomas Paine
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His body was Dug up after his Burial in 1819
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Crisis, No. 1 by Paine
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Thomas Paine uses metaphors to persuade the American public to continue supporting the Revolutionary war
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Crisis, No. 1 by Paine
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Paine ridicules the British government in an attempt to remove any British sympathies his readers may posses. He states, "...if being bound in that manner, is not slavery, then is there not such a thing as slavery upon earth.
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Thomas Jefferson
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third president of the United States. was a smart balanced man. and his father gave him classical education
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Thomas Jefferson
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When his father died he got 5 acres of land attended college of William and Marry
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Patrick Henry
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Was an orator never wrote down any of his works
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Virginia Convention
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Persuading country to go to war. giving credit to people of the past. orated
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Thomas Jefferson
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Wrote a pamphlet called a Summary View of the Rights of British America.
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Thomas Jeferson
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Huge anti-federalist.Lousiana Purchase
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Thomas Jefferson
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drafted the Declaration of Independence
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