Springboard Unit 1: Part 2 Review

What part of the argument states the author's main point or position?

• Hook

• Claim

• Support

• Counterclaim

Which part of the argument is the following:

Acknowledging the opposition's position / argument

• Claim

• Call to Action

• Refutation

• Concession

Which part of the argument proves the opposition's argument to be false?

• Concession

• Refutation

• Claim

• Counterclaim

What tone word describes The Declaration of Independence?

• Fearful

• Intimidated

• Rebellious

• Amused

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the main claim of the Declaration of Independence?

• To ask for better treatment from Great Britain

• To ensure that these complaints were heard and taken seriously

• To declare the colonies free of Great Britain's rule

• To proclaim to the world how Britain has wronged the colonies

The colonists' listed multiple grievances they had against Great Britain.

What are grievances?

• Complaints

• Compliments

• Suggestions

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which document was written as a direct result of the Colonists' grievances against Great Britain?

• The Patriot Act

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• The Preamble

• The Bill of Rights

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What is the purpose of a call to action?

• To ask the reader to take a specific action as a result of the argument

• To state the speaker's main ideas and establish a position

• To provide reasoning behind the speaker's claim

• To refute the opposition's argument in order to strengthen his / her own

What were the two speakers in Hughes's poem "Let America be America Again" discussing?

• How blue collar workers need appreciation and recognition for their contributions to America

• How America needs to go back to the ways it was before

• If the American Dream truly was and has always been available to everyone

• The differing meanings of the American Dream based on their perspectives

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

In Hughes's poem "Let America be America Again" speaker 2 argues that in order for everyone to have access to the American Dream America needs to...

• Actually become what everyone thinks it always was by promoting equality

• Go back to the way it was before

• Accept immigrants and help them contribute to America

• Promote unity and togetherness

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7