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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