AP Ben Franklin

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Ben Franklin​

Moral Perfection​

Open Ended

What is one 2023 NYE resolution you would like to make?

(If you don't want to make one, pretend you do.)

Multiple Choice

In context, the word "precept" in line 22 most nearly means:

• a definition of the virtue

• an example of the virtue in action

• an exception to the rules of the virtues

• a particular course of action to follow the virtues

• a preconceived notion about the virtue

Multiple Choice

The line "Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve" uses:

• anaphora

• asyndeton

• repetition

• polysyndeton

• allusion

Multiple Choice

The writer of the passage can best be characterized as someone who is:

• disapproving

• methodical

• disinterested

• unrealistic

• judgmental

Multiple Choice

Paragraph three uses several examples of a type of figurative language called:

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Allegory

Multiple Choice

The style and organization fo the passage mostly appeals to:

• Ethos

• Ethos and Logos

• Ethos and Pathos

• Logos and Pathos

Multiple Choice

The tone of the passage as a whole can best be described as:

• self-deprecating

• resolved

• bemused

• reticent

• irreverent

Poll

How did you feel about those questions?

• Awesome!

• So-so but better than the Thoreau questions

• About the same as Thoreau

• I want to cry.

​Let's look at his plan and daily schedule...