11th Grade 25/26 Unit 1 Final

rhetorical question

questions not meant to be answered because the answer is obvious.

hypophora

a rhetorical device where a speaker or writer poses a question and then immediately answers it. It differs from a rhetorical question, which doesn't necessarily provide an answer. Hypophora is used to engage the audience, anticipate their questions, and guide their thinking.

diction

word choice

-ity

state or quality of; turns adjectives into abstract nouns

-tion

changes the word to a noun.

posterity

all future generations of mankind

superseded

replaced something old or no longer useful

precedent

an action or policy that serves as an example or rule for the future

touchstone

as a metaphor, a test of the quality or genuineness of something. (in the past, the purity of gold or silver was tested with a “toughstone” of basalt stone.)

relapse

a return to a previous worse condition after a period of improvement

deluge

a cataclysmic flood

unalienable

impossible to take away or give up

constrains

requires or forces

tyranny

oppressive power

assent

approval or agreement

acquiesce

accept something reluctantly but without protest

rectitude

morally correct behavior or thinking; uprightness

self-determination

the process by which a country determines its own statehood and forms its own allegiances and government.

popular sovereignty

the authority of a government is created and sustained by the consent of its people

natural rights

fundamental rights inherent to all humans, existing independently of any government or legal system

social contract

fundamental rights inherent to all humans, existing independently of any government or legal system

right to revolution

fundamental rights inherent to all humans, existing independently of any government or legal system

exercise

implementation; state of putting something into action

abridging

limiting

petition

formally request; seek help from

redress

correction; setting right of some wrong

infringed

violated

prescribed

stated in writing; set down as a rule

pagan

(especially in historical contexts) a person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main or recognized religions.

diabolic/diabolical

characteristic of the Devil, or so evil as to be suggestive of the Devil.

benighted

in a state of pitiful or contemptible intellectual or moral ignorance.

redemption

the action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil.

sable

pitch black