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Theocracy

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Government is guided by religious thought

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Parallelism

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Repition of grammatical structures; makes writing balanced

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Simile

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Comparison using “like”, “as”, or “than”

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Archaism

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Thou,hast,thee, pelf, oft

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End rhyme

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Ends of lines rhyme

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Internal rhyme

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Words within lines rhyme

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7
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Logos

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Logical, objective; facts

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Pathos

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Emotional; subjective; personal

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Ethos

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Ethical; speaker’s trustworthiness

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10
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Age of Reason

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Time period leading up to and during thr Revolutionary War needed brave, free-thinkers who supported their arguments with reason

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With reason people believed:

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  • End ignorance
  • correct social evils
  • end supersition
  • improve the general quality of life
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12
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Allusion

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Indirect reference to history/ famous book or person

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Analogy

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Situational metaphor

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14
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Deference

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Suck up to someone even if it isn’t what you believe in

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Hypophora

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Asks a question then answers it

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16
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Imagery

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Using 2 or more of the 5 senses to describe

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Refutation

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Weakening oppositions argument

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Aphorism

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A short witty saying that expresses a universal truth

19
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Romantic values

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  • inspiration-each person has limitless potential
  • imagination-over reason
  • intuition-over knowledge
  • idealism- seeing how life could be and believing it could be done
  • individuality- unique traits praised for unique contributions
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Apostrophe

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Talking to something that won’t talk back

21
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Suspense

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Anticipation for what is to come

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Allegory

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A story that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning

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Puritan

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Type of religion that was an attempt to “purify” the church of England in the 1600’s

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For reason to thrive, society needed to be free from:

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  • freedom of speech
  • freedom from arbitrary rulers
  • freedom to experiment
  • freedom to question laws and institutions