Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Review 1
Review 2
Grammar
100
To speak or express out loud
What is utter?
100
To move back.
What is to retreat?
100
What happened right after the final version of the Declaration of Independence was voted on and approved unanimously?
A boy gave the signal by clapping his hands and saying ring! ring!
100
According to the selection, the sources Jefferson drew upon while writing his draft.
He drew upon the writings of Locke and Paine, and other declarations?
100
In which sentence is the adverb used correctly?
What is ...
200
A rough copy of something written.
What is a draft?
200
TA discussion between two groups that do not agree.
What is debate?
200
The statement “The delegates who favored independence got busy behind the scenes” suggests that they____
Worked together to persuade the other delegates?
200
What did the delegates risk by signing the Declaration of Independence?
The delegates risked being captured and killed as traitors by the British.
200
In which sentence is the adjective used correctly?
What is..
300
A just, moral, or lawful claim.
What are rights?
300
Leaving open or without protection
What is exposing?
300
The author says that Jefferson “squirmed in his seat” while Congress worked on his draft. This phrase suggests that Jefferson was.
Uncomfortable with the process?
300
Why did John Hancock make his signature so large?
He wanted it to be big enough for King George to read without his glasses.
300
In which sentence is a preposition underlined?
What is....
400
A written statement that makes something known.
What is a declaration?
400
Something put together or created, especially something written.
What is a composition?
400
The delegates want to vote quickly on July 4th.
The assembly room was filled with horseflies?
400
Jefferson stated the purpose of the Declaration of Independence.
The purpose was to explain that all people are created equal and they have rights?
400
What is the superlative form of the adjective good?
What is best?
500
To attack with heavy bombs or heavy fire from weapons.
What is bombard?
500
To betray one's country by helping the enemy.
What is treason?
500
Some of the reasons Adams believed Jefferson was the better man to draft the Declaration of Independence.
Jefferson was a Virginian, popular, and a better writer than Adams?
500
At this point in his career, Jefferson was all of the following EXCEPT
What is a president?
500
A figure of speech that is exaggerated.
What is a hyperbole?
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