What information does the following passage (paragraph 6) mainly convey?
Colonial

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The passage explains that Shakespeare was an important influence on early colonial literature.
The passage explains the impact of England’s taxation on early colonial literature.
The passage describes a notable difference between English and early colonial literature.
The passage suggests that English literature was more interesting than early colonial literature.
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The following passage (paragraph 9) most closely suggests that early American literature . Many of the inhabitants of North America during the colonial period were struggling to adapt to unfamiliar circumstances. Native Americans saw the land they had inhabited for thousands of years overrun by newcomers; they saw their populations being decimated by European diseases and colonization, which culminated in violent battles over territory. Early European settlers sought to establish themselves and tame what they viewed as a wild and alien environment, documenting their efforts in diaries, letters, and books. Enslaved Africans passed on oral and written accounts of their daily struggle to survive the violence and degradation imposed on them by colonial masters.
was informed by a sense of struggle
attempted to explore the injustices of oppression
was responsible for starting the Revolutionary War
united colonial America’s various cultural groups
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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The following passage (paragraph 12) adds to the development of the text mainly by explaining that .
Authors use rhetorical devices like similes, metaphors, and irony, among a long list of other things, to convince their audiences in more subtle ways. Thomas Jefferson was a learned student of literature and philosophy and had a keen sense of how to use these devices. In the Declaration of Independence, he employed a straightforward style but used rhetorical devices such as alliteration, allusion, euphony, and repetition to drive home his points. The rhetoric used during the late colonial period was instrumental in fostering the revolutionary spirit that defined the times and formed the basis of the arguments that led to the founding of the United States of America.
A. Thomas Jefferson was a well-educated scholar and politician
B. the first rhetorical devices originated in ancient Greece
C. Thomas Jefferson knew he could not convince people without rhetorical devices
D. rhetorical devices were influential in the founding of the United States of America
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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The war between the American colonies and Great Britain that resulted in the colonies’ independence
Puritanism
Revolutionary War
Great Awakening
self-government
Enlightenment
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Which lens would examine the ways in which colonialism exploited the countries and people it imperialized.
Wildest Dreams
Cultural Appropriation
Post-Colonialism
Deconstructionism
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
All countries with colonial ties to Great Britain were part of this
The Wermacht
The Commonwealth
The occupation
Operation Sea Lion
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Some of the prominent Puritan writers include;
Cushion Mathers and Anabelle Broadstreet
Jonathan Edwards and William Bradford
Rich Baller and Stefan Charmock,
Thomas Goodietwoshoes and Johnny Win
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