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12/08/2010

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Fear
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What feeling does Jonathan Edwards hope to cause in his listeners when he describes God as angry?
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people who are unconverted
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Who is Jonathan Edwards's main audience for his sermon?
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accepting Jesus Christ
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What does Jonathan Edwards say can save people from God's wrath?
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Suffer God's eternal wrath.
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Jonathan Edwards feels that he can only feebly describe what it is like to do what?
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love from God
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Jonathan Edwards portrays everlasting life for those whoa re born again as filled with what?
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Frighten listeners into accepting Jesus
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What is the most likely purpose to Jonathan Edwards's sermon?
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aren't born again.
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Edwards directs his sermon on God's wrath toward congregation members who _____?
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God's hand holds them up each moment
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Why does Edwards say that people in his congregation have yet to drop into the pit of hell?
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appeal to fear
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What mentioned to appeal does Edwards use when he emphasizes the everlasting nature of God's wrath?
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People's reliance on God to save them from hell
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What human condition does Edwards stress throughout the sermon?
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A polite reference to other speakers
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What does Patrick Henry begin his speech with
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a choice between freedom and slavery
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What does Henry see as the basic question of the debate?
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sent their army and navy
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Henry says that the British obviously want to subdue the colonies because the british have
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rhetorical question
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What rhetorical device does Patrick Henry use in the following statement "Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find which haven't already been exhausted?"
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Increased the volume of his voice
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What might Henry have done to emphasize lines from his speech?
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make them want to listen to his speech
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Henry most likely begins his speech with polite references to other speakers to do what?
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smile while they prepare for war
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Henry urges his listeners to distrust the British because they
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The colonists tried to handle their problems peacefully, but the british mistreated them
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Why does Henry say that "room for hope" is gone?
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react warmly and enthusiastically
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Henry says, "we must fight! I repeat it sir, we must fight!" The repetition in this quotation would most likely have caused Henry's patriotic audience to
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underestimate its value
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Paine says that if freedom comes too easily, people will
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behave the same as common murders
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Paine supports his main idea that Britain's attempt to control America is wrong with the reason that the British
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enthusiasm for the cause
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what emotion is drawn from this statement"...America will never be happy until she gets clear of foreign dominion"
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They state will need protection from other states
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What does Paine say will happen if a state gives up its arms
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the soldiers maintained order and protected supplies
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Why does Pain view the retreat that he discusses at the end of his essay as a sign of colonial strength?
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claim a right over people that only God has
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Paine calls the British claim of dominance "impious" (unholy) because he believes that the British
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America is located far enough from the rest of the world to avoid its wars.
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WHat support does Pain use for his main idea that "Not a place upon earth might be so happy as America?"
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thieves in the night
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Paine suggests that the war is justified because the king and his armies act like what?
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People who understand the need for perseverance and fortitude face the prospect of glory
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Paine uses the persuasive technique of an appeal to association when he says that
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unsafe homes.
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What does Paine say will be a result if the fight for independence fails?
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claim
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What part of jeffersons argument sates that people should give their reasons for declaring independence
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they deny basic rights
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Jefferson belived that people should rebel against governments when
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reasons for their emigration
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What had the colonists reminded their British Bretheren About?
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Governments should continue unless the problems they cause are insufferable
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What was jeffersons opinion about changing long established governments?
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The people have a right to overthrow the government that denies basic rights
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The decleration of this public document states that
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refused to pass laws that are for the good of the people
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As support for the argument of independence jefferson says that the king has
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inflicting further harm on hem
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What does jefferson say had been the kings reaction to the colonists repeated petitions
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their course of action was morally correct
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Jefferons reference to the reliance on the protection of Diving Providence suggests that the colonists belived that
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polite references to other speakers
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Henry begins his speech with
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as a choice between freedom and slavery
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Henry sees the basic question of the debate
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appeal to fear
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taps into peoples fear of losing their safety and security
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appeal to pity
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takes advantage of peoples sympathy and compassion for others
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appeal to vanity
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Relies on peoples desire to feel good about themselves
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antihesis
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contrasting ideas in parallel grammatical structure
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sParallelism
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a kind of repetition in which words form grammatical phrases or idea
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announces the reason for the document
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what does the preamble or foreword in the declaration of independence do
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appeals to association
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imply that one will take acceptence or prestige by gaining the writers position
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appeals to authority
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calls upon others or experts who warrant respect
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Government needs to provide necessitites
Sees human beings social by nature
government a natural development of human desire to form associations
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What did Aristotle's Politics say?
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Government brings order and security to human associations
Human beings are naturally agressive and selfish
A powerful government is the only way to protect the individual
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What did Hobbes' Leviathan say?
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Government is formed to preserve lives, liberties, and possessions of individuals
Human beings by nature have certain rights and are subject to universal moral laws
Governments are formed to ensure that these rights are respected
governments are formed to ensue moral laws are observed
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What did Locke's Second Treatise of Government say?
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Government brings order and security to human associations
Human beings are naturally agressive and selfish
A powerful government is the only way to protect the individual
Definition
What did Hobbes' Leviathan say?
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Liberal Democracy
Tolerance of individual rights
Constitutional Law
Anticipated by a century the American and French Revolutions
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What were John Locke's beliefs
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He had bad habits
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Why did Franklin commit faults?
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he listed his daily schedule
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Franklin was serious about order and organization because
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reflecting on past happiness
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at the end of the excerpt Franklin hopes to face any future problems by reflecting on past happiness
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That Franklin will never achieve perfection
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The ax story shows what?
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