english exam (3)

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  • Ascending Dragon
    Geographical shape of Vietnam on the world map
  • Dragon in Vietnam
    • Does not incarnate the spirit of evil
    • Symbol of power and nobility
    • Chosen as the special symbol of the emperors
    • The emperor was considered to be the son of Heaven
  • Lotus flower in Vietnam
    • National flower
    • Flower of the dawn
    • Symbol of purity, commitment and optimism for the future
    • Closes at night and sinks underwater, rises and opens again at dawn
    • Found throughout Vietnam in the muddy water of lakes and ponds
  • Facts about Vietnam
    • Vietnam is an S-shaped country
    • Vietnam is a nation of rivers
    • Vietnam is considered as the world's leading exporter of cashews and black pepper
    • Soccer/football is the most popular sport in Vietnam
    • Motorbike madness
    • Vietnam is the world's 2nd largest coffee exporter
  • Vietnamese literature
    • Developed simultaneously at an early date, despite constant foreign invasions
    • Folk literature had deeply influenced the spiritual life of the Viets, admiring beauty, humanism, and the love of goodness which promoted the development of national consciousness
    • Written literature first appeared around the 10th century, with the primary role of preserving the main traits of Vietnamese literature
    • Literary works written in Han (classical Chinese) and chu nom became increasingly popular until the 18th century
    • Classical Chinese works died out at the start of the 20th century, and the country's literature was then written in Vietnamese quoc ngu (Romanized national language)
    • Western culture that swayed Vietnam's socioeconomic structure developed Vietnamese literature rapidly in terms of quantity, genre, and form
  • Classical modes of persuasion
    • Ethos (character)
    • Pathos (emotions)
    • Logos (logic)
  • Ethos
    The appeal to authority or the appeal to credibility, where a person relies on their credibility or character when making an appeal or an argument
  • Pathos
    The appeal to emotion, where a person tries to persuade an audience by eliciting some kind of emotional reaction
  • Logos
    The appeal to reason, where a person uses facts and logical reasoning to support an argument and persuade an audience