The Age of ReasonThe Age of Reason1750-18001750-1800

Ben Franklin

Patrick Henry

Thomas Paine

Thomas Jefferson

The Age of Reason AKA…The Age of Reason AKA…

The EnlightenmentThe Enlightenment

The Augustan AgeThe Augustan AgeThe Neoclassical The Neoclassical PeriodPeriod

Topics of the Age of ReasonTopics of the Age of Reason

Science

Government

EthicsHow are these subjects like the subjects of The Age of Faith?

How are they different from the subjects of the Age of Faith?

Literary FormsLiterary Forms of the Age of Reason of the Age of Reason

•Biographies/Autobiographies

•Government Documents

•Newspapers/Pamphlets

•A little poetry

•Speeches

•No Fiction

•The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

•The Declaration of Independence

•Common Sense/ The Crisis

•Philip Freneau

•Speech at the Virginia Convention

Authors we will studyAuthors we will studyBenjamin Franklin

Thomas Paine

Patrick Henry

Thomas Jefferson

RhetoricRhetoric

using language effectively to using language effectively to please or persuade please or persuade

SituationSituation

PurposePurpose

AudienceAudience

MethodMethod EthosEthos PathosPathos LogosLogos

•Appeals based upon perceived reputation.

•Appeals based upon emotions.

•Appeals based upon logic.