exam college writing 2

Existentialism

existence precedes essence— It is our choices and actions that give life meaning, making free will both a burden and a gift;

Will to power

in humans, the will to power is felt as the ambition to overcome personal limits and achieve greatness

Ubermensch

“overman” the next phase of humnan evolutions

perspectivism

the truth is the matter of perspective

Nietzsches thoery of ressentiment

the revenge of the weak against the strong via the invention of morality

The tarantula

natural inequalities and competitions formed a sort of staircase for humankind to climb higher and higher on

Amor fati

living a beautiful life, the opposite of ressentimen

The eternal recurrence

life repeats itself and we should be happy with reliving our lives over and over again

Metaphysics

truths that transcend the physical, natural world

Nietzsche’s critique of metaphysics

there is no meta-world beyond the physical world

From the military school of life

What does not kill me makes me stronge

“Giving style’ to one’s character

find a way to be satisfied with yourself and you will be beautiful

Nietzsche’s concept of justice

no justice, there’s only forgiveness, and only the strong can forgive

What does your conscience say

You shall become the person you are

Passive voice

when the subject of the sentence is acted on by the verb, instead of the subject doing the acting

Active voice

when the subject is doing the acting

using passive voice

calms audience and makes them think things happened on their own

ad homien

a personal attack against the issue at hand

Old/New Contract

begins the sentence with something old and ends it with something new

Pointing words

Words that help fulfill the old/new contract by pointing back to something in the previous sentence… this, that

Transition words

Words that help fulfill the old/new contract by linking something old to something new.. however, as a result

The tactical flaw

wins your audience’s sympathy

Peripeteia

reversal of fortune, when the heros fortune changes from good to bad or vise versa

Anagnorisis

moment of recognition

Epiphany

a sudden realization or insight

Narrative Arc

the path a story follows from a state of ignorance to a state of enlightenment {in the beginning, the hero is somehow blind

In medias res

into the middle of things

Show, don’t tell

narrative works best when the story leads the reader to experience the reversal of fortune and moment of recognition along with the narrator

Technologies of the self

reading and writing as a form of self care

The Alcibiades

submit to your own disaplines to get better within

Rhetorical situation

what is the purpose and how do we show others

Forensic rhetoric

uses past tense to focus on questions of blame

Demonstrative rhetoric

uses present tense to focus on questions of values

Deliberative rhetoric

uses future tense to focus on questions of how to act