What is Deism?
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Deism is the belief that God exists as Creator but that human reason, not supernatural revelation, provides solutions to human problems; God does not actively intervene in creation.
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What is Deism?
Deism is the belief that God exists as Creator but that human reason, not supernatural revelation, provides solutions to human problems; God does not actively intervene in creation.
How do Deists view God's interaction with the world?
Deists believe God is the Creator but does not interact with or actively sustain his creation.
How do Trinitarian Christians view God's interaction with the world?
Trinitarian Christians believe God is Creator who actively sustains and interacts with creation.
Compare views of human nature in Deism and Trinitarianism.
Trinitarianism holds that man is fallen and sinful and needs someone else to redeem him. Deism acknowledges sin but believes man can reform and perfect himself through reason and education.
What role does reason play in Deism?
In Deism, reason (not supernatural revelation) is the primary means for solving human problems and improving society, especially through education.
What do Trinitarian Christians believe about Christ's role and return?
Trinitarian Christians believe Christ redeems humanity and will return to judge the world.
What is characterization?
Characterization is the author's act of portraying a character in a narrative.
What is direct characterization?
Direct characterization gives straightforward details that tell the reader about the character (e.g., "He was brave").
What is indirect characterization?
Indirect characterization shows information and requires the reader to infer character traits from actions, dialogue, thoughts, and appearance.
How can we tell a character's traits using indirect characterization?
By observing a character's actions and dialogue; the reader infers traits from what characters do and say.
Why do authors use characterization?
Authors use characterization to develop believable characters, reveal motivations, advance the plot, and create emotional connections with readers.
Give an example that contrasts direct and indirect characterization.
Direct: "She was generous." Indirect: Showing her giving her lunch to a friend in need lets the reader infer generosity.
What are rhetorical devices?
Rhetorical devices are departures from normal literal language (often in word order or structure) used to achieve special effects and persuade or emphasize.
What is parallelism?
Parallelism is similarity in the structure of two or more phrases, clauses, or sentences to create rhythm or balance.
What is antithesis? Give an example.
Antithesis uses syntactical parallelism to emphasize contrasting meanings. Example: "To err is human; to forgive divine."
What is a rhetorical question? Provide the example from Romans.
A rhetorical question is asked for effect, not an answer. Example: Romans 6:1 — "What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?" (expected answer: no).
What is anaphora? Give an example.
Anaphora is the deliberate repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive grammatical units. Example: MLK Jr.'s "I have a dream" repetition.
Why do writers use rhetorical devices?
Writers use rhetorical devices to emphasize ideas, create rhythm, persuade audiences, and make language more memorable.
What are propaganda techniques?
Propaganda techniques are persuasive methods that use emotional appeal to bypass reason and influence opinions or behavior.
What is name calling in propaganda?
Name calling assigns negative labels to people, groups, or ideas to make audiences condemn them without examining evidence.
What are glittering generalities?
Glittering generalities use virtue words and emotionally appealing generalities to make people accept or approve without examining evidence.
What is testimonial propaganda?
Testimonial uses a personal endorsement or testimony to encourage audiences to accept a claim without questioning it.
What are transfer, bandwagon, plain folks, and card stacking?
Transfer: associates a respected symbol with an idea (e.g., flag). Bandwagon: urges people to follow the crowd. Plain folks: presents the speaker as an ordinary person to gain trust. Card stacking: uses selective facts, lies, or distortion to mislead.
