Appeals
The appeal (Logical, Emotional, Authority) used in this quote:
"(24)For suspending our own legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever."
Logical
The Declaration of Independence is structured like an _________________ essay.
The word solemnly means:
A. Bleak and miserable.
B. Serious or with sincerity.
C. Richly or fully.
D. Depressed and sad.
B. Serious or with sincerity.
An example of repetition in the grievances of the Declaration:
"He has. . ."
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The appeal (Logical, Emotional, Authority) used in this quote:
(2) "We hold these truths to be self-evident:—That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights;"
Authority
Just like an essay, Jefferson writes 27 of these as his evidence for his central idea:
Grievances
The word inalienable means:
A. Inseparable; unable to part.
B. Not foreign or different.
C. Alone or isolated.
D. Unforgivable; unworthy.
A. Inseparable; unable to part.
Diction is the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
The word that Jefferson uses for the King is:
A Tyrant
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9
The appeal (Logical, Emotional, Authority) used here is:
(12) He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.
Emotional
(Words like 'swarm,' 'harass,' and 'eat out their substance' make this more emotionally charged.)
Jefferson's call to action in the conclusion is:
By the 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;
A. The act of being arrogant or selfish.
B. Timely and orderly.
C. Temporary or short.
D. Wisdom or cautiousness
D. Wisdom or cautiousness
Parallelism is the use of successive verbal constructions that correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc. It is used here by the word:
That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
That
(Each phrase begins with 'that')
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The appeal (Logical, Emotional, Authority) used here is:
(6)He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public records.
Emotional
(Words like unusual, uncomfortable, and distant).
Label which part of the Declaration this quote belongs to:
Nor have we been wanting in our attentions to our British brethren . . . They, too, have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity which denounces our separation; and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends.
The word despotism means:
A. The act of disposing of something unwanted.
B. The feeling of desperation in times of war.
C. The exercise of cruel and absolute power.
D. Obstructing or impeding upon one's natural rights.
C. The exercise of cruel and absolute power.
Jefferson uses two techniques in diction to reach his intended audience here:
(25)He has abdicated government here, by declaring us out of his protection, and waging war against us.
(26)He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns,9 and destroyed the lives of our people.
Using pronouns like 'us' and 'our'
Using verbal phrases like 'waging war,' 'burnt our towns,' 'destroyed our lives.'
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The appeal (Logical, Emotional, Authority) used here is:
"He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages"
Emotional
('Works of death,' 'cruelty,' 'scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages' create a more desperate emotional appeal).
In the Declaration, Jefferson lists the issue of the King preventing new citizens and further immigration in Paragraph:
9
The word absolved means:
A. Set someone free from responsibility.
B. To tell someone they must leave a place.
C. To destroy or break down.
D. To not be able to solve on one's own.
A. Set someone free from responsibility.
Jefferson uses positive words for colonists versus negative for Britain.
Find two examples of each of these.
Positive words for colonists (“free,” “equal,” “just”) versus negative for Britain (“tyrant,” “usurpations,” “oppressions”).
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Donkey Kong