Origins: Puritan Rhetoric and the American Errand: Reading Unit 1, Grade 11 (Letters & Devotion)

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Origins: Puritan Rhetoric and the American Errand is Unit 1 of American Voices, American Arguments: Literature and Rhetoric in Context (Part 1) (Grade 11), the Letters & Devotion Reading course, complete in one printable PDF: 8 lessons, the unit check-up and the answer key, 72 pages.

• Archaic and theological vocabulary in ‘A Model of Christian Charity’
• The three-part structure of the jeremiad form
• The argumentative function of the ‘city upon a hill’ metaphor in ‘A Model of Christian Charity’
• The relationship between plain style and Puritan theological belief about ornamentation and truth
• The jeremiad form applied to a non-Puritan, contemporary rhetorical text
• The relationship between a specific rhetorical structure and the persuasive purpose it serves for a named historical audience
• The reuse and transformation of the ‘city on a hill’ / ‘errand into the wilderness’ metaphor beyond its original Puritan argumentative context
• The distinction between content summary and rhetorical purpose

Every lesson is written for a parent with no teaching background: it opens with a short script to read aloud, names the specific wrong idea a student is likely to reach for and how to correct it, and closes with a practice sheet you may copy for your household. Scripture references are King James Version throughout. Black-and-white, 8.5 x 11 in. The whole year of this course is also in this store as a single book.

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