The Crisis Appeals

• Emotional Appeals
• The line, "Let them call me a rebel, and welcome, I feel no concern from it; but I should suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul by swearing allegiance to one, whose character is that of a sottish, stupid, stubborn, worthless, brutish man." In this line Paine lets his emotions get a away from him but in a good way because it gets the audience to feel his rage as well. Rages against the British and that might be enough to convince some people that fighting a war will solve all their problems.
• "By perseverance and fortitude we have the prospect of a glorious issue; by cowardice and submission, the sad choice of a variety of evils -- a ravaged country -- a depopulated city -- habitations without safety, and slavery without hope..." Paine is putting fear into his audience in hopes that people step up and fight for their freedom and a safe and happy country.
• Ethical Appeals 
• When Paine speaks of the conversation he overheard between a father and his son, the father was being selfish and he uses that story to convince parents that in order for your child to have a safe and peaceful future, fighting this war will ensure that. 
• Appeals to association 
• "The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in a crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it NOW, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." Paine is saying that all men who take his side and fight, will become heroes and this might persuade people to fight.
• Appeals to authority 
• When Paine talks about how God will be there to protect them, this reinforces the idea that id God will protect them, they will be safe and that God believes it is the right thing to do, thus persuading all of the religious folk to do God works. 

Declaration of Independence Outline

1. Preamble
1. American Colonies are separating themselves from Great Britain 
2. They feel their rights are being violated
3. When the main government becomes destructive, the people have the right to abolish the government and make a new one
2. Complaints
1.  The colonists weren't allowed any representation in Britain
2. It took to long for laws to either be approved to denied
3. He sent troops over to the colonies even thought they were at peace
4. Troops were being punished for the crimes they committed 
5. Cutting off trade to the rest of the world
6. Imposing unfair taxes
7. No fair trials by jury
8.  Preamble
3. Conclusion
1. The states will no longer be associated with Britain
2.  They have the right to start war, create peace, create alliances, establish commerce and can do anything an independent country can do
3. They pledge their lives, fortune, and sacred honor to each other

Patrick Henry Questions 1-6

1. Patrick Henry would like the colonists to fight in a war against the British!
2. They signed a petition.
3. The British ignored the colonists. 
4. Henry's audience is his fellow politicians so he has some background knowledge about how they feel about going to war. They all don't want to become slaves, but some may not feel that war. This makes Henry's tone more persuasive and passionate. For example, "Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery." When he says this, he is talking about how the war is inevitable and the only outcome if they don't fight is that they with become slaves. 
5. Allusions
1. Line 18-19
1. What he means by this is that someone would have to either be blind or def to not know that the war was happening.
1. Line 74-75
1. He is saying that God will be there to help fight the battles and they will need Him to win.
6. Henry uses both his emotions and logic. An emotional part of the speech would be the famous word, "...give me liberty or give me death!" while the more logical parts would be when he speaks of how there are 3 million people there to fight the war, and if they all fight they stand a chance against the British. 

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God Ethos, Logos, and Pothos

Edward uses pathos throughout the entire piece but the most effective way he uses it is first making his audience fear God and then giving them hope. Hope that they can still be saved and born again. Hope and fear are thought to be two of the most powerful emotions when trying to persuade an audience. Because Edward is a minister he automatically has ethos, but when he alludes to the bible it further supports his position. He uses logos by the obvious logic that if you are a sinner, then you are going to hell. His allusions to the bible also help his case when using logos. I think his strongest argument is that God sees humans as insignificant little bugs and he can toss anyone into hell at any moment. Edward's use of all three logos, pathos, and ethos successfully is what make this piece triumphantly persuasive.

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God Questions 1-3 and 5

1. The constant threat is that at any moment, God can cast you to hell for an enterinty of pain and misery.
2. According to Edwards veiws, people need to be "Born again" into their religion. 
3. Edward keep using the image of God holding a person over the burning pits of hell as a person would do to a insignificant spider.

    5. Edward using pathos to scare his listeners into being born again. He threatens that if people don't listen to him, then God can throw them into hell with no problem. He also uses the bible as a reference to further convince people that God has the power to send you to an eternity of hell. 

Of Plythom Plantaion Questions 1-3 and 6-7

1. Half of their company died do to infections, scurvy, and other diseases brought on by the long journey and their harsh living conditions.
2. Sqoanto was a native who had been to England and new the language who showed the pilgrims how to plant corn, where to catch fish and other tricks about the land to help them survive. 
3. Without the natives the pilgrims would have all died from starvation or they would have eaten each other until there was no one left. The natives showed them many ways to survive the winters and the plant and harvest foods. 

    6. When Bradford talks about the starvation period, we wouldn't have learned of the seven men who did all of the chores when everyone was sick because Bradford would have been telling his story, not everyone's story.  Other details would have been lost as well because he would be telling only what he had done apposed to the whole company.

7. The only part of this treaty that is fair to both side is condition number three. All of the other ones require the natives to aid the white men and to notify the other native tribes of the treaty, even though the Massasoit Indians had no business with the pilgrims and other tribes.

The Interesting Narritive of the life of Olaudah Equiano Questions

1. The African Slave overseers.
2. He thinks that he is going to be eaten.
3. He means people who call themselves Christians but do not act like it.

     7. I think that whether or not it is an authentic autobiography it is still valuable. The purpose of the piece is too raise awareness of the evils of slavery. If he has gotten his information from other slaves, then this story is still being told by people who have suffered through the same hardships. Although if he didn't have a reliable resource then it would lose value.

Vocab 2.

• Anachronistic
•  Adj
• Chronologically misplaced
• The anachronistic  order of Sally's story confused the class and the teacher. 
• Circuitous
•  Adj
• (of a route or journey) longer than the most direct way.
• Tod always took a circuitous route to avoid class time. 
• Deleterious
•  Adj
• Causing harm or damage to health. 
• When the deleterious tornado touched down in Kansas, all of the near by towns were saddened.
• Ephemeral
•  Adj
• lasting for a very short time. 
• The night before regional was a ephemeral night for sleep. 
• Evanescent
•  Adj 
• Soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing. 
•  The memory of the old man's first girlfriend was an evanescent one.
• Fortuitous
•  Adj
• Happening by chance rather than design. 
•  People winning the slot machine is fortuitous.
• Intrepid
• Adj.
• Fearless; adventurous (often used for rhetorical or humorous effect). 
• The captain and her intrepid team took on all of the bad guys in battle and won!  
• Precocious
•  Adj
• (of a child) having developed certain abilities or proclivities at an earlier age than usual. 
• The precocious pianist was wanted by all of the top music schools in the nation. 
• Sagacity
•  N
• The quality of  good judgment
•  The straight A student had good sagacity.
• Tenacious
• Adj
• Characterized by keeping a firm hold. 
•  The tenacious table was of high quality

The Super John Smith Questions 1-4 and 8

1. Ratcliff was the new leader because Gosnald died.
2. He tried changing the course of the voyage without John Smith's concent 
3.  John Smith was looking for the head of the river and he encounter "200" savages who captured him.
4. He was fed food, then was about to be executed when Pocahontas saved him. After, he did chores around he village, they became friends. Then John Smith gave the natives guns. 

8. I don't think John Smith is a credible narrator because he leaves out gaps in his stories and he makes obvious over exaggerations as well. If John Smith were to write a story about the daily life in Jamestown that would be one he would be a reliable narrator for because he couldn't manipulate the story that much. He would also be a good narrator for Native Culture because that is more of an observation rather than telling a story.  As for his actions and conflicts in Jamestown I feel that he would influence the story to sound like he was a local hero and everything he did was an amazing deed.

The Noble John Smith

John Smith's purpose for writing The General History of Virginia was to share his experiences in the New World and to shed some light on himself. John Smith wrote, "...who finding he was beset with 200 savages, two of which he slew, still defending himself with the aid of the savage guide, whom he bound to his arm with his garters and used him as a buckler..." Only a man who thought very highly of himself would over exaggerate a story this way. He got away with it by writing the story in third person, this way it made is seem as though someone else what writing of his noble deeds. If he wrote this story in first person he would only seem like a conceded ass.

He also wanted to share stories of what life was like in the new World. If he made the stories exciting and adventurous then the would encourage others to come to the colony. If other travelers came to the colonies, this would make them more successful. 

Grammar 1.

Dash
 As Sarah and Joe were driving down the street, she said, "You look lovely this evening Joe -- LOOK OUT FOR THAT TREE!!"

Comma
Mary enjoys indulging in dark chocolates, fresh strawberries, and a hot cup pf tea after a long day of work.

Semi-Colon
After the storm settled down; the Sampson family played board games late into the night.

Colon
In Mr. Filedings English class, he tortures his student with the following: Grammar exercises, memorization projects, and dialectical journals.

Coyote and the Buffalo

What I found most appealing about Coyote is he always found his way out of trouble. He knew how to get himself out of the situation he had gotten himself into. You could argue that the old woman was like the coyote in many ways. Like the coyote, the old woman was alone and was looking for a way to survive. When the coyote was unsure if he was going to survive Buffalo Bull's attack, he tricked him into letting him free. When the old woman needed food, she tricked the coyote into letting her cook the bones, and then stole them. Although what they do is wrong, they do what they have to in order to survive.