Neoclassicism Test

Neo

Age of Reason

Neoclassicism

Art and culture of Ancient Greece

Ben Franklin wrote

Poor Richard's Almanack

Thomas Jefferson wrote

Declaration of Independence

Patrick Henry wrote

Speech in the Virginia Convention

Renaissance Man

Ben Franklin

Aphorism

a concise statement of a truth or principle

Autobiography

An account of a person's life written by that person

Inference

A logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience.

Deism

The religion of the Enlightenment (1700s). Followers believed that God existed and had created the world, but that afterwards He left it to run by its own natural laws. Denied that God communicated to man or in any way influenced his life.

Thomas Jefferson

Lived simply, though a member of the elite

Anticipatory Argument

when the speaker/writer anticipates the opposition's argument and offers a counter argument before that argument is voiced.

Connotative language

The emotional association that a word brings to mind

Patrick Henry

orator and statesman

Noah Webster

wrote the first major American dictionary, changed British English spelling to American English spelling

Parallelism

Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other

rheorical question

a question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer.

repetition

Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis

allusion

A reference to another work of literature, person, or event

simile

A comparison using "like" or "as"

metaphor

A comparison without using like or as

anecdote

a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person

Aristotelian appeals

ethos, pathos, logos

ethos

credibility

pathos

Appeal to emotion

logos

Appeal to logic

diction

word choice

logical fallacies

An error in reasoning that renders an argument invalid

name-calling

an attack on a person instead of an issue

bandwagon

tries to persuade the reader to do, think, or buy something because it is popular or everyone is doing it

red herring

something that draws attention away from the main issue

testimonial

attempts to persuade the reader by using a famous person to endorse a product or idea

sweeping generalization

makes an oversimplified statement about a group based on limited information (stereotyping)

circular argument

This restates the argument rather than actually proving it.

non sequitur

A statement that does not follow logically from evidence

Hard work pays off

Belief of Ben Franklin

Only revolt as a last result

Belief of Thomas Jefferson