Women's Rights Convention Compare/Contrast Quiz

How does the author’s use of the overall text structure contribute to the meaning of the text, Women’s Rights Convention?

• The author explains the cause of the Seneca Falls Convention and what happened as a result. This helps the reader understand the reason why women did not have the right to vote.

• The author provides details to describe different events that took place at the Seneca Falls Convention. This helps the reader to understand what participants did at the convention.

• The author explains the process of planning and holding the Seneca Falls Convention. This helps the reader understand how to organize their own convention in the future.

• The author explains the events that took place at the Seneca Falls Convention in chronological order. This helps the reader understand how the speakers provided new information.

Read the sentence from the text, Women’s Rights Convention. “While not everyone is on their side, Mrs. Stanton, Mrs. Mott, and the other ladies of the convention plan to continue their struggle.” (pg. 4) What does the word struggle mean, as it is used in the sentence above?

• a fight

• a meeting

• a speech

• a parade

Select the statement that best explains how the author developed the perspective that the leaders of the Convention believe that women deserve more rights.

• The author added plenty of illustrations to show readers how many times the women protested in order to fight for their rights.

• The author documented that the Convention produced a list of twelve points outlining the rights that women should have.

• The author included facts and statistics to prove that women can make important decisions and should be given the right to vote.

• The author included interviews from abolitionists like Frederick Douglass to show that the right to vote is important for African Americans and women alike.

Select a sentence that could be used to create an accurate summary of the text, Women’s Rights Convention.

• The Seneca Falls Convention was established to teach women how to vote.

• Men and women worked together to debate the need for women to have equal rights to men.

• Lucretia Mott was a preacher from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who came to speak at the Seneca Falls Convention.

• Women gathered to create and put forth the thought that women need to be treated equally to men.

Select the best explanation that shows how information is presented in each text.

The author describes how women organized rallies and conventions to raise awareness about Women’s rights issues.

• Passage 1

• Passage 2

• Both

Select the best explanation that shows how information is presented in each text.

The author presents information explaining how African Americans fought for their right to vote.

• Passage 1

• Passage 2

• Both

Select the best explanation that shows how information is presented in each text.

The author explains how over three hundred women gathered to discuss equal rights.

• Passage 1

• Passage 2

• Both