Political Writing
Arrange these three in the order they were written:
- Constitution
- Bill of Rights
- Declaration of Independence
What is:
- D.O.I
- Constitution
- B.O.R.
This type of figurative language:
"He was as immovable as a brick wall."
What is simile?
Author of "Speech to the Young"
Who is Gwendolyn Brooks?
Word that means "regarding as worthless:"
- enumerate
- disparage
- oath
- compulsory
What is "disparage?"
The person credited with writing the D.O.I.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The number of TOTAL amendments
What is 27?
Give a symbol and what it could represent
What is... a skull, representing death
The major American event that the author was involved in
What is the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s?
Word that means "required by law, obligatory"
What is "compulsory?"
Who is James Madison?
One grievance against Britain mentioned in the Declaration of independence
What are... lots of answers, including:
- taxation without representation
- quartering soldiers
This type of figurative language: "He seems to breathe green beans"
What is assonance?
The author's two children
Who are Nora and Henry III?
A "formal charge or accusation of a serious crime"
What is an "indictment?"
The term that describes the deeper meaning or "feeling" behind a word
What is "connotation?"
The amendment that repealed a year later [Need the idea, not the number]
What is prohibition, or ban on alcohol?
This type of figurative language: "brunch"
What is portmanteau?
Year that Gwendolyn Brooks was born
What is 1917?
Word that means "of or belonging to another"
What is "unalienable?"
Two types of writing in the D.O.I.
What are argumentative/persuasive and expository?
Two of the "core values" mentioned in the preamble to the Constitution
What are:
- forming a more perfect union
- establishing justice
- ensuring domestic tranquility
- providing for the common defense
- promoting general welfare
- securing the blessings of liberty
The three types of figurative language found in this phrase: "sun-slappers"
What are metaphor, hyperbole, and alliteration?
Provide five types of figurative language found in the poem.
What are alliteration, metaphor, repetition, assonance, hyperbole, and rhyming?
The difference between "abridge" and "infringe"
What is...
"Infringe:" to take away or undermine
"Abridge:" to take away a right or privilege
The correct spelling of ...
"Acquiesce"