Revolution

Quick Write: Define revolution. Consider not only what it is, but why it is considered necessary,

and who/what it impacts

Characteristics of a Revolution

Why is revolution necessary?

Is it always bad? Good?

Occupy Wall Street-A New Revolution?

• Article in CNN Money

• Occupy article questions

Revolutionary Period1760-1800

• Different spirit of writing than in colonial period---differences in content, tone, and style

–Waning of Puritanism

–Growth of Enlightenment rationalism

–Revolutionary War

• America no longer a wilderness

Age of Reason

• Humans can manage themselves w/o authority and traditions

• Reason thrives on Freedom–Speech, experiment, inquiry

• Writings focused on science or government, not religion or supernatural

• Franklin (methodical and systematic) & Jefferson (reasonable & logical)

American Revolution

• Fought as much with pamphlets, essays, songs, speeches and poems as with muskets

• Stamp Act & Townsend Act begin war of words

• Boston Massacre and Tea Party

• Propaganda, persuasion, and political writing dominates scene

Printing Press

• Allowed for mass publication

• “Revolutionary” reforms

Jefferson was

reasonable and logical

with his declaration.Persuasive techniques used were parallelism

and repetition.

Forms of Discourse

• Persuasion---convince of opinion or action

• Exposition---explains related facts

• Description---how something strikes the senses

• Narration---tells of a series of events

*** types of discourse are different ways of taking about the same thing

Effective Persuasion

• Audience

• Occasion

• Credibility

• Revisit Rhetoric ppt

Persuasive Writing• The speaker

–Some credibility (knowledgeable and/or believable)

• The audience–Appeal to particular people

• The occasion–May become an argument supporting

other arguments within work or among works

Means of Persuasion

• Logic

• Emotional/Figurative Language

• Repetition

• Rhetorical Question

• Parallelism

• God is on our side

The Persuasive Argument

• ConcessionAcknowledging other perspectives/sides

• RefutationDiscrediting the other perspectives; pointing out

flaws in opposition

• ConfirmationStatement/emphasis of position

Persuasive Structure

• Position• Support• Concession• Refutation• Position

• Concession• Refutation• Concession • Refutation• Position• Support• Position

What matters most is the last thing you say is what is remembered most.

Cultural Firsts

• 1767: The Prince of Parthia (Thomas Godfrey)---1st play professionally produced on American stage

• 1773: The New-England Psalm-Singer (William Billings)---1st volume of American composed music

• 1782: 1st American museum opening in Philadelphia

• 1785: The Conquest of Canaan (Timothy Dwight)---1st American epic poem

• 1789: The Power of Sympathy (William Hill Brown)---advertised as “The First American Novel”

Flourishing American Culture

• America was ready after 150 years

• Revolution inspired creativity

• Population almost doubled

• More and larger cities