the character or emotions of a speaker or writer that are expressed in the attempt to persuade an audience.

to appeal to the audiences' sense of reason or logic.

Refers to the “timeliness” of an argument or an argument for timeliness.

ie. "in the 20th century it's hard to believe..."

or "It is about time we..."

or "In this modern age we should..."

or "It might be too late if we wait any longer"

"Students can 'read' but when it comes time to think deeply about what they have read, they have difficulty diving below the surface."

"Increasingly, they have trouble with heavier intellectual lifting. "

"Students are not partaking in those critical activities that stretch and deepen their brains, Instead, they often gravitate to those behaviors that offer instant gratification."

"...marched from activity to activity, even the schedule of the day doesn't allow time for anyone to reflect."

"when we deny students the opportunity to read long, complex works, we are starving a part of their brains, and ...producing kids ...who can read but who cannot get below the surface..."

"If we want our students to be complex thinkers, they need to be challenged to read long, complex texts."

"In 38 of 41 studies, students given free reading time did as well or better in reading comprehension tests than students given traditional skill-based reading instruction"

"Students who read a novel with many unique words actually learned the meaning of those words from context clues only"

"...if those students who enter schools linguistically impoverished...do not read extensively, they will never catch up."

"SSR is actually a valuable investment in test preparation"

"SSR is necessary to allow students an opportunity to build their prior knowledge and background"

"...some of our weaker brethren are actually afraid to thunder against color discrimination..."

"with the right to vote goes everything"

"seperation...based simply on race and color,

is un-American, undemocratic, and silly"

"Either the United States will destroy ignorance or

ignorance will destroy the United States."

"work is not necessarily education.

Education is the development of power and ideal"

"we want our children trained as intelligent human being should be"

"They have a right to know, to think, to aspire."

"We do believe in...that willingness to sacrifice money, reputation, and life itself on the altar of right."

"no bribe of money or notoriety, no promise of wealth or fame, is worth the surrender of a people's manhood or the loss of a man's self respect."

"Stand up for the right, prove yourselves worthy of you heritage..."

"We will not be satisfied to take one jot or tittle less than our full manhood rights."

"No enterprise seeking the material, civil, or moral welfare of this section can disregard this element of our population and reach the highest success"

"Cast down your bucket where you are."

"when it comes to business pure and simple it is in the South that the Negro is given a man's chance in the commercial world"

"we shall prosper in proportion as we learn to

draw the line between the superficial and the substantial"

"cast it down in making friends...of the people of all races"

"it is at the bottom of life we must begin and not the top"

"Nor should we permit our grievances to overshadow our opportunities."

"...with education of head, hand, and heart..

they will buy your surplus land,

make blossom the waste places in your fields,

and run your factories."

When Washington says, "since the dawn of our freedom," he is making an ________ to the Emancipation Proclamation.

Washington's instruction to "...cast down you bucket where you are..." he is a ________ for hard work.

The story about the ship lost at sea that provides a memorable metaphor for the audience is called an...

One example of Washington using alliteration to create a memorable mantra for his audience is...

"separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand" - Booker T. Washington

Washington calls for unity among his audience with the symbolic phrase...

Using symbolism and parallelism, Washington lays out a 3 fold plan...

DuBois Repetitious use of the word "coward and cowardly" are an example of...

What a text is mostly about

The lesson or moral we learn from a story.

a literary device that reflects the writer's attitude toward

the subject matter or audience of a literary work.

a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes

in readers through words and descriptions.

The feelings of the author conveyed in the text.

The emotional response of the audience.

brief but purposeful references, within a literary text, to a person, place, event, or to another work of literature.

Using a person, place, or thing to represent something

more abstract than the literal meaning

Using figurative and/or descriptive language

to evoke a sensory experience or create a picture with words for a reader.

A figure of speech making implicit comparison between

two non-similar things without the using “like” or “as.”

"Education of head, hand, and heart"

"We.. tilled your field, cleared your forest, built your railroads"

- Booker T. Washington

"We want it now, henceforth, and forever"

"We want it now, henceforth, and forever"

"a fight for ideals, lest this, our common fatherland, false to its founding, become in truth the land of the thief and the home of the slave"

"Either the United States will destroy ignorance,

or ignorance will destroy the United States"

"They have a right to know, to think, to Aspire"

"We.. tilled your field, cleared your forest, built your railroads"

"They have a right to know, to think, to Aspire"

"Either the United States will destroy ignorance,

or ignorance will destroy the United States"

"In today's schools, students are not allowed to sit and think...even the schedule of the day doesn't allow time for anyone to reflect"

"When we deny students the opportunity to read long complex works, we are starving a part of their brain"

"Cast down your bucket where you are"

"Some of our weaker brethren are actually afraid to thunder against color discrimination..."