Below is an exact copy of the exam question for your exam period. You may discuss this question with your classmates and develop your thinking on your own time. You may review materials posted here from your class or others, but you may not write an essay to be emailed to yourself here. You may mark your books with post its or bookmarks, but you may not make copious notes for use in class. I reserve the right to ask you not to use these materials. And now - without further ado - the question.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Assessment/Humanities English 8 Final
Uncle Tom’s Cabin is widely hailed as one of the most persuasive pieces of 19th century abolitionist writing. Based upon what you have read, to what degree does Stowe make use of ethos, pathos, and logos to persuade her audience? Is Uncle Tom’s Cabin a work of honest persuasion, a work of propaganda, or neither?
Literary Paper Rubric - Look Familiar?
1 comment:
I agree with whatever group used Prue as an example of pathos. It really shows in the most, well, pathetic way possible what slavery can do to people and how it defies the sentimental culture of that time.
Post a Comment