Declaration of Independence
Preamble
Lincoln's 2nd
Purpose/Theme
Literary Terms
100
What is who wrote The Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
100
What is the meaning of the prefix pre?
Before
100
What is the literary term we learned while discussing Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural address?
allusion
100
What are the three main purposes?
inform, persuade, entertain
100
What is the follwoing an example of? Her strength was like a rock.
simile
200
What is how is the Declaration organized?
argument, injuries, appeals, conclusion
200
What is the document that the preamble is related to?
The Constitution of the United States of America.
200
What is the literary term we learned while discussing Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural address?
Biblical
200
What is the following a definition of: the central topic, subject, or concept the author is trying to point out?
Theme
200
What is the following an example of? My dog Hercules can pull me in my wagon for three blocks!
allusion
300
What is the following an example of (literary term): "He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people."
imagery
300
What is the pronoun used in the Preamble.
We
300
What is the main theme of Linclon's address?
Unity
300
What is theme often confused with?
a moral
300
What is the following an example of? The sheets fluttered in the cool air and the smell of lilacs was all around us as we played that bright spring morning.
imagery
400
What is the following an example of: "He has refused...He has Forbidden...He has refused...He has".
repetition
400
What is the pronoun used in the Preamble.
Peace in the United States
400
What is the purpose of his address?
To persuade
400
What is the purpose of all writing at it's basic level?
inform
400
What is the following an example of: At four in the morning, on the deserted street, a lone man walked his dog.
periodic sentence
500
What is the following portion of the declaration from (organization): We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States;
conclusion
500
What is the word that is missing from: "In order to form a more perfect ________,"
Union
500
What is the following an example of: With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
periodic sentence
500
What is the theme of The Declaration of Independence?
Freedom is a right for everyone.
500
What is the main rhetorical device in Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech?
repetition
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