Unit 1 Assessment Review

Unit 1 Assessment
Review

Multiple Choice

Which term serves as the best synonym for the word sentiment as it is used in this sentence?

Public sentiment was on the side of the small business affected by the new dam.

• nostalgia

• tenderness

• expression

• opinion

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence below and then use context clues to choose the BEST meaning of the underlined word as it is being used in the sentence below.

Article I. The Stile of this confederacy shall be "The United States of America."

• model

• style

• name

• future

suggests strong feelings

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​Connotation

Latin root -rect

Meaning: right or straight

Example: Correct

Multiple Choice

The underlined word election has multiple meanings. How is the word election being defined and used in the passage below?

". . . Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now to late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come."

• the act of being elected

• predestination to eternal life

• the act of choosing someone for public office by voting

• right or power to make a choice

A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person

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​anecdote

​In Ben Franklin's "Speech in the Convention", he appeals to his audience by giving an anecdote to create humor and an informal tone.

Ben Franklin also persuades his audience to pass the Constitution by appealing to their emotions and ethics by using the allusion of the Tower of Babel

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​Appealing to emotions

​Reminder: An allusion is a literary device that's a brief, indirect reference to a person, place, event, or another work of literature. A type of figurative language that help writers convey meaning without stating it explicitly.

Rhetorical question:
a question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer.

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​Can you spot the rhetorical question in this paragraph from Franklin's speech? You will need it for the next slide.

Multiple Choice

Which line from the previous slide was a rhetorical question?

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  "I doubt to, whether any other convention we can obtain may be able to make a better Constitution."

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  "Sir, I agree to this Constitution with all its faults..."

• From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected?"

Tone is the attitude or feeling that an author or speaker has towards the subject matter and audience.

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​Tone

Multiple Choice

How would the overall tone of Benjamin Franklin's speech best be described?

• angry

• sad

• confused

• informal

Watch this video to review primary vs secondary sources

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​Sources

Multiple Choice

What type of source is the "Speech in Convention" by Benjamin Franklin?

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  It is a secondary source because it explains the beliefs of people of the day.

• It is a primary source because it is a historical document from the time period.