1. Revolution
Quick Write: Define revolution. Consider not only what it is, but why it is considered necessary, and who/what it impacts

2. Characteristics of a Revolution

3. Why is revolution necessary? Is it always bad? Good?

4. Occupy Wall Street- A New Revolution?
Article in CNN Money
Occupy article questions

5. Revolutionary Period 1760-1800

6. 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

7. 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)

8. 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

9. Printing Press
Allowed for mass publication
“Revolutionary” reforms

10. Jefferson was reasonable and logical with his declaration
Jefferson was reasonable and logical with his declaration. Persuasive techniques used were parallelism and repetition.

11. 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

12. Effective Persuasion Audience Occasion Credibility
Revisit Rhetoric ppt

13. 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

14. Means of Persuasion Logic Emotional/Figurative Language Repetition
Rhetorical Question
Parallelism
God is on our side

15. The Persuasive Argument
Concession
Acknowledging other perspectives/sides
Refutation
Discrediting the other perspectives; pointing out flaws in opposition
Confirmation
Statement/emphasis of position

16. Persuasive Structure
Position
Support
Concession
Refutation
Concession
Refutation
Position
Support
What matters most is the last thing you say is what is remembered most.

17. 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

18. 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”

19. Flourishing American Culture
America was ready after 150 years
Revolution inspired creativity
Population almost doubled
More and larger cities