DEVICES
NAME CALLING
Called the King a Tyrant
HE WROTE IT
Jefferson
GIVES THE BACKGROUND OF THE SITUATION
INTRODUCTION
GIVE ANY THREE GRIEVANCES
Taxes, Standing Army, Prevnt trade, Dissolved Legislature
WITHIN 5 YEARS, HOW OLD WAS THE AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION
33
APPEAL TO RELIGION
Mentions God a lot.
HE WAS ATTACKED
King George
STARTS WITH "WHEN IN THE COURSE OF HUMAN EVENTS"
INTRODUCTION
THE ROUGH DRAFT HAD A PROVISION CONDEMNING THIS PRACTICE
SLAVERY
PLACE IN ORDER: FIRST SHOTS FIRED, DECLARATION WRITTEN, WASHINGTON ELECTED, FRENCH ENTER WAR
1,2,4,3
APPEAL TO LOGIC
Many times --cause and effect
COUNTRY AMERICA HOPED TO PERSUADE MOST
France
TALKS ABOUT HOW RIGHTS ARE GAINED
PREAMBLE
THE BRITISH THOUGHT THIS WAS THE REASON THE KING RULED
CHOSEN BY GOD
NAME THREE PEOPLE WHO SIGNED IT
Jefferson, Adams, Franklin, Hancock
PARALLELISM
The opening of the Grievances all start with same "HE HAS"
CITY WHERE IT WAS RATIFIED
Philadelphia
LONGEST SECTION
GRIEVANCES
THE FIRST WORD IN THE DECLARATION
WHEN
THOUGHT THIS WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR UPHOLDING RIGHTS OF PEOPLE
GOVERNMENTS
APPEAL TO EMOTION
Grievance section designed to get sympathy/anger
COLONY THAT MOST STRONGLY OPPOSED THE DECLARATION
SOUTH CAROLINA
THE LAST SENTENCE FORMALLY DECLARES
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
THE FIRST WORD IN THE PREAMBLE?
WE
IF RIGHTS WERE DENIED, THESE TWO ACTIONS WERE JUSTIFIED BY OPPRESSED PEOPLE
ALTER OR ABOLISH THE GOVERNMENT