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Age of Reason/Rationalist Period Literature Test Review
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Age of Reason/Rationalist Period Literature Test Review
Literary Selections
- The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (pg. 169), Franklin's The Autobiography (pg. 140), Jefferson's The Declaration of Independence (pg. 112), Henry's Speech to the Virginia Convention (pg. 99), Franklin's Speech in the Convention (pg. 105), Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack (pg. 148)
- See the literary selections in the Pearson e-text
- See Equiano reading guide (in BB, your Adobe files, or the link below): EQUIANO https://oxfordk12.blackboard.com/bbcswebdav/pid-116639-dt-content-rid-888648_1/courses/11CPDeAngelisMaster/Equiano%20After%20Reading%20Analysis.pdf
- See Jefferson's Declaration of Independence reading guide (in BB, your Adobe files, or the link below): DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE VIDEOS http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/thomas-jefferson http://www.history.com/news/9-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-declaration-of-independence DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE https://oxfordk12.blackboard.com/bbcswebdav/pid-109470-dt-content-rid-827388_1/courses/11CPDeAngelisMaster/Declarationof%20Inde%20readingguide.pdf
- See Henry's Speech in the VA Convention reading guide (in BB, your Adobe files, or the link below): SPEECH IN THE VA CONVENTION VIDEO https://youtu.be/DbghWFMLyiA SPEECH IN THE VA CONVENTION https://oxfordk12.blackboard.com/bbcswebdav/pid-116964-dt-content-rid-899827_1/courses/11CPDeAngelisMaster/Speech%20to%20the%20Virginia%20Convention%20RG%281%29.pdf
- See Franklin's Speech in the Convention reading guide (in BB, your Adobe files, or the link below): SPEECH IN THE CONVENTION https://oxfordk12.blackboard.com/bbcswebdav/pid-116960-dt-content-rid-899807_1/courses/11CPDeAngelisMaster/Benjamin%20Franklin%20Speech%20in%20the%20Convention%281%29.pdf
- See Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack reading guide (in BB, your Adobe files, or the link below): POOR RICHARD'S ALMANACK https://oxfordk12.blackboard.com/bbcswebdav/pid-116959-dt-content-rid-899803_1/courses/11CPDeAngelisMaster/from%20Poor%20Richard%27s%20Almanack.pdf
- The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (pg. 169), Franklin's The Autobiography (pg. 140), Jefferson's The Declaration of Independence (pg. 112), Henry's Speech to the Virginia Convention (pg. 99), Franklin's Speech in the Convention (pg. 105), Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack (pg. 148)
Characteristics of the Age of Reason/Enlightenment
- differences between Puritanism and Rationalism, elements of plain style literature, philosophies of the Age of Reason (rationalism, deism)
- See notes/PPT on the Age of Reason (in BB, your Adobe files or the link below): AGE OF REASON NOTES https://oxfordk12.blackboard.com/bbcswebdav/pid-109467-dt-content-rid-827390_1/courses/11CPDeAngelisMaster/Revolutionary%20Period%20Age%20of%20Reason.pdf
- See Puritanism vs. Rationalism chart (in BB, your Adobe files, or the link below): PURITANISM VS RATIONALISM https://oxfordk12.blackboard.com/bbcswebdav/pid-109467-dt-content-rid-888626_1/courses/11CPDeAngelisMaster/Puritanism%20vs.%20Rationalism.pdf
- differences between Puritanism and Rationalism, elements of plain style literature, philosophies of the Age of Reason (rationalism, deism)
Elements of Persuasion/Rhetorical Devices
- parallelism, rhetorical question, loaded language, call to action, repetition, appeals (logos, pathos)
- See reading guides for questions related to these persuasive elements
- parallelism, rhetorical question, loaded language, call to action, repetition, appeals (logos, pathos)