English III First Semester Final

Edgar Allen Poe

"Mom and Dad, if you loved me, you'd buy me a safe car"

Good thesis? "The school should cancel finals because grades will be hurt, and sick students might come back too soon."

"Whether the independence of the continent was declared too soon, I will not now enter into as an argument;"

Jonathan Edwards

Which period is dominated by oral story telling?

Thomas Paine

The writer tries to convice you that his ideas are based on science?

"Every change of season, every change of weather, produces some change in the magical hues and slopes of the mountains"

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

Which tool of rhetoric relies on emotion?

Most authors are unknown to us

A good thesis should use the word "I" in the subject

Which period includes individualism, imagination, and emotion?

A good thesis should include the reasons you believe what you're claiming

In which period will you see supernatural events?

"Prophet said I, "thing of evil" - prophet still, if bird or devil"

Which tool of rhetoric relies on logic and reasoning?

A good thesis should be wishy-washy

Which period comes to an end in the 1840s?

The writer is trying to make you feel bad about the struggles of poverty

Good thesis? "I think we should be allowed to skip finals."

The writer tells you that he's an expert on the topic?

Which period celebrates patriotism?

Benjamin Franklin

Which of these is NOT a rhetorical tool?

Thomas Jefferson

Washington Irving

Good thesis "Finals are cool."

Which period includes a lot of literature that focuses on logic and reason?

Nathaniel Hawthorne

A good thesis doesn't need to make a claim.

"Sometimes I act a lot older than I am - I really do - but people never notice it."

Herman Melville

What period helps define what it means to be an American?

William Bradford

A good thesis should be the last sentence in your introduction

Good thesis? "Somedays I think we should cancel finals and some days I don't"

Which period is dominated by Puritanism?

"It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union."

Which tool of rhetoric relies on the reputation of the speaker/writer?

“Life, woman, life is God's most precious gift; no principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it.”

Which period focuses on moral attitudes and religion ?

Good thesis? "Because of all the COVID related absences, the school should postpone finals."

Which two periods (pick one) celebrate nature?