Rhetorical Analysis

Remember the Ladies: which word choice would make the best emotional appeal to her husband?

• ladies

• sense

• tyrant

• dispute

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Remember the Ladies: which word choice means the same as "stir up"?

• favorable

• foment

• abhor

• providence

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.L.11-12.5B

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Declaration of Independence: Which sentence best supports the theme that people have the right to overturn a government that does not respect their rights?

• "Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it."

• "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"

• "He has refused to assent to laws the most wholesome and necessary for the public good."

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

Declaration of Independence: Which words emphasize how badly the British government was treating the colonies?

• "the course of human events"

• "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"

• "light and transient causes"

• "repeated injuries and usurpations"

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

Benjamin Banneker: Which word choice references the unethical enslavement of black people in America?

• "liberty"

• "fraud"

• "you"

• "wean"

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Benjamin Banneker: Which phrase DOES NOT mean the same as the others?

• "recall to your mind"

• "suffer me"

• "look back"

• "reflect on that time"

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4