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Text Vocabulary
Lit Terms
1776
History vs Historical Fiction
Reader's Theater
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I _____________ I'll have time to get there if I leave now, but I might now.
suppose
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Which lit term means: a story written as a script to be performed in a play or movie.
drama
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What does Rutledge try and convince Dr. Hall to do? Why does he say he should do it?
Vote with the south. He says it's tradition.
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The genre of 1776 was historical fiction. What does that mean?
It's based on history, but many of the details and interactions are made up to be entertaining.
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DIALECT is a way of talking that is specific to a place or group of people. Give one example of a way they talked in the movie or the Reader's Theater that was different from how we talk today.
Answers will vary.
200
I will __________ for the judge to ____________ rights I want to have.
vote; procure
200
Describe John Adam's character in the movie drama 1776
obnoxious and unliked
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Why does Ben Franklin say they can't get people to VOTE on independence?
John Adams keeps proposing it and no one like hims.
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Is this event HISTORY (it actually happened) or FICTION (added to 1776 for entertainment): CONGRESS AGREED TO SIGN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
HISTORY
200
Dialogue is the written conversation between characters in a text. Where was there DIALOGUE in the parts we read from 1776?
Everywhere. It's a play so the whole text is dialogue.
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Thomas Jefferson is often _________ in meetings, but when he talks he is very ____________.
silent; frank
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Describe Thomas Jefferson's character in the movie 1776.
quiet, serious, frank
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Who makes the deciding vote to DEBATE independence? Why does he decide to vote YES?
Stephen Hopkins from Rhode Island; Nothing is too dangerous to debate.
300
Is this event HISTORY (it actually happened) or FICTION (added to 1776 for entertainment): THOMAS JEFFERSON'S WIFE DANCED WITH BEN FRANKLIN AND JOHN ADAMS
FICTION
300
If independence is such a good idea,why did it matter who proposed it to Congress? Should it have mattered?
Answers will vary but need to be detailed and explain.
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John Adams ______________ a vote on independence.
propose
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Name 3 ways an author can show you about a character.
Choices: What a character says; What a character does; What a character thinks; What others say about the character; What the narrator says about the character; How others treat the character
400
Who makes the deciding vote to PASS the Declaration of Independence at the end of the movie? Why does HE vote that way?
James Wilson from Pennsylvania; He doesn't want to be remembered so he votes with the majority.
400
Is this event HISTORY (it actually happened) or FICTION (added to 1776 for entertainment): JOHN ADAMS WAS OBNOXIOUS AND DISLIKED.
FICTION
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Stephen Hopkins is the delegate that comes in late to vote. He says, “I never heard, nor smelled an issue that was so dangerous that it couldn’t be talked about”. What topic might be so dangerous, serious, unpleasant or otherwise that you can’t even talk about it? Why is it so dangerous?
Answers will vary. Must give an example and explain.
500
The boss __________ that the workers at his ______________ were stealing from the cash register when they kept coming up short.
suspected; business
500
When John Adams tries to convince Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence in the movie 1776, we're seeing how other characters treat Thomas Jefferson. What does this tell us about Thomas Jefferson's character.
He is educated and a great writer.
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How do we know John Adams is obnoxious and unliked? Give one example of something in the movie that showed that.
Answers will vary.
500
Is this event HISTORY (it actually happened) or FICTION (added to 1776 for entertainment): GENERAL WASHINGTON WAS FIGHTING THE BRITISH WHILE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS BEING WRITTEN, VOTED FOR, AND SIGNED.
HISTORY
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When is “tradition” a good reason to make a decision? Explain why. When is “tradition” not a good reason? Explain why.
Answers will vary. They must tell both parts and explain.