Topic 2




Topic 1: American Literature After The Civil War


Topic 2: W.E.B. Du Bois And Effective Arguments


Topic 3: Logical Fallacies And The Progressive Era


Topic 4: Writing An Argumentative Essay


Topic 5: Modernism (Part 1)


Topic 6: Modernism (Part 2)


Topic 7: Identifying The Speaker In Modernist Poetry


Topic 8: The Lost Generation


Topic 9: The Southern Renaissance


Topic 10: The Harlem Renaissance


Topic 11: Postmodernism


Topic 12: Civil Rights And Multicultural America


1. What methods of persuasion do appeals to logos, ethos, and pathos attempt, respectively?

Logos is the appeal to logic or logical argument, ethos practical experience/moral values, pathos is emotional effect on audience







2.Can you distinguish between inductive and deductive reasoning?

Deductive: deriving necessary truth out of established principles Inductive: don’t have established truths-individual examples represent bigger picture-correlation and look for cause (general to specific) warrant







3. What elements of inductive reasoning are most critical?

Correlation, Warrant, Causation







4. Why did W.E.B. Du Bois find himself opposed to Booker T. Washingtons ideas?

WEB favored higher education/Washington preferred gradual approach of vocational education/economic advancement, He think Booker T. is a accommodationist. W.E.B: racism and prejudice is an issue that is important for every American Booker T. Washington: Opposed to the insitution of slavery; support within systems of segregation







5.Can you identify the eight parts of speech?

Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction, and Interjection