The Essay: Understanding Format and Rhetoric – Flashcards
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expository
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assisting in an explanation of something
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narrative
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telling a story; presenting an account of something
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persuasive
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having the ability to influence thought or action
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rhetoric
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written or spoken communication used to persuade
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One purpose of Cooper's essay "The Higher Education of Women" was to _____.
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show the importance of education in advancing a more equal society
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Which statements are correct about Cooper's essay "The Higher Education of Women."? Select all that apply.
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-It was an attempt to change people's opinion about the education of African-American women. -It connects the education of African American women to racial equality.
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News stories are MOST likely to be examples of what kind of writing?
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expository
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You can infer from Cooper's essay that _____.
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most people thought women should stay at home and take care of the family
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Rhetoric can be considered _____.
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an art
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Read the excerpt below from Cooper's essay and answer the question. The earnest well-trained Christian young woman, as a teacher, as a home-maker, as wife, mother, or silent influence even, is as potent a missionary agency among our people as is the theologian; and I claim that at the present stage of our development in the South she is even more important and necessary. Let us then, here and now, recognize this force and resolve to make the most of it--not the boys less, but the girls more (p. 79). Cooper believed that to help advance equality _____.
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girls should have resources equal to those given to boys
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Read the excerpt below from Cooper's essay to answer the question. The earnest well trained Christian young woman, as a teacher, as a home-maker, as wife, mother, or silent influence even, is as potent a missionary agency among our people as is the theologian; and I claim that at the present stage of our development in the South she is even more important and necessary. Let us then, here and now, recognize this force and resolve to make the most of it--not the boys less, but the girls more (p 79). In the excerpt above, the word our refers to _____.
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women
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Cooper used examples from classical literature and history in her essay because _____.
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she wanted to prove that education should include the study of the classics
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Read the excerpt below and answer the question. ...but it strikes me as true, that while our men seem thoroughly abreast of the times on almost every other subject, when they strike the woman question they drop back into sixteenth century logic. They leave nothing to be desired generally in regard to gallantry and chivalry, but they actually do not seem sometimes to have outgrown that old contemporary of chivalry—the idea that women may stand on pedestals or live in doll houses, (if they happen to have them) but they must not furrow their brows with thought or attempt to help men tug at the great questions of the world (p 75). Since Cooper's essay in 1892, there have been many changes in attitudes toward women. Write a persuasive essay of at least 250 words, arguing that men have (or have not) "outgrown that old contemporary of chivalry."
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There are men that have gotten past women being unequal, and understanding that all humans are equal. Then there are men who still think of women as slaves. What's sad is that women don't get paid as equally as a man. They could be doing the same exact job for the same amount of time, and the man would earn more money. There are men that treat women terribly, treating women like animals. But we haven't lost all hope. There are more and more men everday trying to/understand that we're all equal and that women deserve to be treated with respect like everyone else.
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In her essay, Cooper uses both the first-person and the third-person to express her views. In a short expository essay of at least 200 words, describe how combining her personal experiences with a more academic analysis helps strengthen the essay.
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With writing about her personal experiences, her essay is a more reliable source because she knows what it was like. And with her academic analysis, her essay is even MORE of a reliable source, so people don't think she's just a women who's rambling.
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Note #1
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