What was the literary period called that introduced authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, and Nathaniel Hawthorne?

Founding fathers included the Electoral College as a check and balances

1637-1711

Literary analysis is a form of:

What is the main theme for William Bryant’s “Thanatopsis”?

The major category into which a literary work fits. 

One of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle that appeals to credibility

Who was part of the committee tasked with writing the Declaration of Independence?

What article did Ben Franklin write?

The title of the category identifying persuasive devices by which a writer tries to sway an audience’s attention and response to any given work. The three most common are ethos, pathos, and logos.