Speech to Second Virginia Convention
What literacy devices are found in Patrick Henry's Speech to the Second Virginia Convention?
Henry uses rhetorical questions and hyperbole
In Chapter 1 of Night, the Jewish police surreptitiously fill up the water jugs when the children are thirsty during the transport.
Based on context clues, what do you think the word surreptitiously means? Explain how the context helped you define it.
secretly
The Nazis did not want to give the water to the children, so the Jewish police had to act in a way that wouldn't draw attention.
Which selection best replaces the word denounce in the passage below? Even hatred at times may elicit a response. You fight it. You denounce it. You disarm it.
condemn
deny
exalt
announce
condemn
The boy's parents will _____________ his attitude if he is rude to his teachers.
dubious
censure
inept
ambiguous
censure
Humans were long thought to have begun occupying the Peruvian settlement of Machu Picchu between 1440 and 1450 CE. However, a team led by anthropologist Dr. Richard Burger used accelerator mass spectrometry to uncover evidence that it was occupied ______ 1420 CE, according to Burger, humans were likely inhabiting the area.
earlier in
earlier, in
earlier. In
earlier. In
What literacy devices are found in King's Letter from Birmingham Jail?
Metaphors and Similes
In Night, why does Wiesel describe so little of the time period between his father’s death and the liberation of Buchenwald? 1 sentence minimum.
Wiesel's father was his last link to humanity. After his death, Wiesel focused only on survival, acting more animal than human.
Wiesel also may have been traumatized by his father's death, so he doesn't remember that time.
Every day was the same, so there was nothing worth mentioning.
The manuscript was edited heavily, so some events may have been cut out.
Summarize the main idea of the following passage from "Perils of Indifference".
Indifference, after all, is more dangerous than anger and hatred. Anger can at times be creative. One writes a great poem, a great symphony. One does something special for the sake of humanity because one is angry at the injustice that one witnesses. But indifference is never creative.
Indifference is worse than anger, because anger can at least inspire positive outcomes.
Brian wanted to _________________ his TV room’s entertainment capabilities by purchasing a surround sound system and a widescreen plasma TV.
augment
revere
fickle
dismissal
augment
In 1990, California native and researcher Ellen Ochoa left her position as chief of the Intelligent Systems Technology Branch at a NASA research center joins the space agency’s astronaut training program.
In 1990, California native and researcher Ellen Ochoa left her position as chief of the Intelligent Systems Technology Branch at a NASA research center to join the space agency’s astronaut training program.
From “Speech to the Second Virginia Convention” by Patrick Henry
Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and, having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it.
Which sentence in this paragraph best achieves Henry’s purpose to persuade the audience to join him in his fight for American independence?
For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it.
ON MY RETURN from the bread distribution, I found my father crying like a child: "My son, they are beating me!" "Who?" I thought he was delirious. "Him, the Frenchman...and the Pole ... They beat me ... " One more stab to the heart, one more reason to hate. One less reason to live. "Eliezer...Eliezer...tell them not to beat me ... I haven't done anything...Why are they beating me?"
Explain the impact on Eliezer’s father when his fellow prisoners start beating him?
The beatings give Eliezer’s father one less reason to try to keep on living.
"The Perils of Indifference" and Night address similar subject matter; how do they each emphasize different details? Why do they emphasize different details?
3 sentence minimum.
Both of these texts are written by Elie Wiesel and are centered around the Holocaust.
Night shows Wiesel's Holocaust experience as a teenage boy. It focuses on his personal experiences, emotions, and development. "The Perils of Indifference" focuses on the responsibility of bystanders and the dangers of indifference. It was written in the late 1990s when Wiesel was older and had a different perspective on the Holocaust. He questions why the United States did not get involved in WW2 sooner and hopes that this will not happen in future inhumane situations.
The texts emphasize different details because Night is a memoir, which is written to give a firsthand account of the Holocaust, and "Perils of Indifference" is a speech, written to inspire Americans not to let history repeat itself.
The debate about which came first – the chicken or the egg – continues to _____ philosophers to this day.
confirm
aggressive
confound
exasperation
confound
Which sentence makes the most sense and is grammatically correct?
The Hamilton musical celebrates all immigrants to America, also, Alexander Hamilton was an immigrant himself.
Telling the story of Alexander Hamilton, who was an immigrant himself, the show celebrates all immigrants in America.
An immigrant himself, the Hamilton musical celebrates all immigrants, such as Alexander Hamilton.
Telling the story of Alexander Hamilton, who was an immigrant himself, the show celebrates all immigrants in America.
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail and Patrick Henry were both written with the goal to ___.
In seminal U.S. historical documents, King and Henry are both advocating further action to end oppression.
"One day when I was able to get up, I decided to look at myself in the mirror on the opposite wall. I had not seen myself since the ghetto. From the depths of the mirror, a corpse was contemplating me. The look in his eyes as he gazed at me has never left me."
Why does Elie Wiesel compare himself to a corpse at the conclusion of Night?
To tell the reader that Eliezer is still haunted by his experiences today
What is most closely the central idea of the passage below (paragraph 10)?
Indifference elicits no response. Indifference is not a response. Indifference is not a beginning; it is an end. And, therefore, indifference is always the friend of the enemy, for it benefits the aggressor—never his victim, whose pain is magnified when he or she feels forgotten. The political prisoner in his cell, the hungry children, the homeless refugees —not to respond to their plight, not to relieve their solitude by offering them a spark of hope is to exile them from human memory. And in denying their humanity, we betray our own.
Indifference can only embolden the enemy and weaken the victim.
Asking for a pass to the nurse's office was really just a __, allowing the irresponsible student to skip class.
He defended his theory with such ___________ certainty that he wouldn't even consider alternative explanations.
discord
partisan
dogmatic
pretense
sophistication
pretense
dogmatic
Correct the sentence:
William found this quotation to write as the conclusion to his essay on bravery “Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out."
William found this quotation to write as the conclusion to his essay on bravery: “Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.
From “Speech to the Second Virginia Convention” by Patrick Henry
Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and, having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it.
What is Patrick Henry's point of view?
Face the painful truth of the current situation and prepare to respond to it.
(10.2) Everybody around us was weeping. Someone began to recite Kaddish, the prayer for the dead. I don't know whether, during the history of the Jewish people, men have ever before recited Kaddish for themselves. "Yisgadal, veyiskadash, shmey raba...May His name be celebrated and sanctified..." whispered my father. For the first time, I felt anger rising within me. Why should I sanctify His name? The Almighty, the eternal and terrible Master of the Universe, chose to be silent. What was there to thank Him for?
Wiesel’s reaction to the others says the Jewish prayer for the dead adds to the development of theme mainly by
demonstrating the change in his relationship with God from complete faith to doubt and anger
What is significant about the following passage (Night, Chapter 3)? Explain in a minimum of 3 sentences. You might consider the point of view, tone, or use of language.
NEVER SHALL I FORGET that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed.
Never shall I forget that smoke.
Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky.
Never shall I forget those flames that consumed my faith forever.
Never shall I forget the nocturnal silence that deprived me for all eternity of the desire to live.
Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.
Never shall I forget those things, even were I condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never.
Wiesel repeats "never shall I forget," as a way to show the readers that he is still traumatized by the events he endured. The way he repeats the words also adds a poetic feel to the passage, making it seem more significant. Another major factor is that he speaks from a different point of view. Prior to this passage, Wiesel was speaking as though he was going through the events presently, but when he wrote this passage, the point of view was changed to years after the events occurred, showing the reader that he still can't forget what happened even decades later.
The researchers analyzed a cluster of ancient ___had formed just after the Big Bang, allowing them to trace how early cosmic conditions shaped the chemical elements now found throughout the universe.
stars that
stars which
stars;
stars, that
stars that
With this novel data set, the team was able to determine how current-driven mixing varies across regions; and what impact it has on the distribution of heat and nutrients in the ocean.
With this novel data set, the team was able to determine how current-driven mixing varies across regions and what impact it has on the distribution of heat and nutrients in the ocean.