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Which of the following is not a concession in the DoI?
Though you have the right to pursue happiness, you are not guaranteed it.
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the quality or state of keeping silent; reserve
\-reticence
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to call up (e.g., memories or feelings); to draw forth
\-evoke
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to predict, warn, forecast, foresee
\-forebode
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to instruct and improve, especially morally; to enlighten
\-edify
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emotionally hardened; unfeeling
\-callous
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the art of using language effectively and persuasively
\-rhetoric
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difficult to understand
\-abstruse
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water, seven, earth mother
\-archetype
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When did Kelley give her speech?
\-1900s
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What is the most significant/effective way for a speaker to establish his trust/credib. with audience?
\-Share their experiences and values
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To what text does Bush allude at the end of his speech?
\-Psalm 23
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Rhetorical device: Our nation saw evil -- the very worst of human nature -- and we responded with the best of…
\-antithesis
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Which of the following does not describe Bush's tone?
\-pessimistic
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Father of rhetoric?
\-Aristotle
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When Jefferson applies the self-evident truths to the colonies, he reasons ___
\-deductively
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When Jefferson provides evidence of his claim that KG III is a tyrant, he reasons ______
\-inductively
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Which of the following is not a category of fallacy?
\-explicity
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Ad Hominem (logical fallacy)
\-attacking character or motives instead of focusing on issue
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What is a hasty generalization?
\-Not enough evidence to draw a conclusion
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When you argue that a caused b when the relationship might be time, not causation
\-post hoc ergo prophter hoc
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Most, some, likely, perhaps are examples of ___
\-qualifiers
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Rhet. device? a pattern of meaning
\-archetype
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A brief story often as a way of developing a point or as evidence of a claim.
\-anecdote
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Characterize the diction if I use big words.
\-elevated
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What is a connotation?
\-Emotional Definition
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Identify the word that has more positive connotation?
\-Youthful > Immature
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What is the primary purpose of figurative language?
\-to make an complex, abstract concept more understandable
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When choosing evidence, the most critical criteria is
\-your audience
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What is an oxymoron?
\-a junior at St. Charles
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What appeal does Edwards use to convince his congregation to repent?
\-bandwagon
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identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives
\-empathy
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to wander away from the main topic or argument in speaking or writing
\-digress
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without interest or concern; having no bias or preference
\-indifferent
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active hostility or opposition
\-antagonism
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According to Paine, what makes a government strong and a people happy?
\-the close bond between electors and the elected
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deceitful, dishonest, two-faced, deliberately deceptive
\-duplicitous
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to prove to be false or erroneous
\-refute
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Rhet. device? Exaggeration
\-hyperbole
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What is the exigence
\-What motivated the author to write the piece
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What kind of sentence does Jefferson begin the Dol with?
\-periodic
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Which of the following is not a truth that is self-evident in the DoI?
\-Men have the duty to abolish government when it does not protect their rights.
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What is the purpose in a rhetorical situation?
\-The goal of the author; it should be in the format: "to verb."
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What the speaker chooses "we" or "our", he most likely is ___.
\-bolstering his credibility
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What is the message in the rhetorical situation?
\-the themes or subjects in a text
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A weakness or flaw in logic and reasoning
\-Logical fallacy
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An epigraph is
\-a short quotation at the beginning of a chapter
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Which of the following is not one of Paine's analogies to government?
\-a weight that pulls of society
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