Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions

Which of the following indicates the subject and predicate of the first sentence?

• a. it becomes

• b. bands have connected

• c. they should declare

• d. respect requires

• e. Laws entitle

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

In the second paragraph, which of the following phrases signals a rhetorical shift?

• a. "Prudence, indeed, will dictate..."

• b. "Such has been the patient sufferance..."

• c. "But when a long train of abuses..."

• d. "The history of the present King..."

• e. "That to secure these rights..."

In the second paragraph, which of the following introduces a qualifier?

• a. "We hold these truths..."

• b. "That whenever any government..."

• c. "Prudence, indeed, will dictate..."

• d. "Such has been the patient sufferance..."

• e. "The history of the present King..."

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

The second paragraph includes each of the following Except

• a. personification

• b. parallelisms

• c. repetition

• d. similes

• e. opinion

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

In the first two paragraphs (prior to the listing of "facts"), Jefferson appeals to each of the followig values Except

• a. freedom

• b. security

• c. economy

• d. respect

• e. justice

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The antecedent of "their" (p. 192, lines 14 and 15) is

• a. "People" (line 3)

• b. "Guards" (line 15)

• c. "usurpations" (line 12)

• d. "Governments" (line 7)

• e. "principles" (line 5)

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The antecedent of "them" (p. 193, line 22) is

• a. "Murders" (line 23)

• b. "bodies" (line 22)

• c. "Acts" (line 21)

• d. "laws" (line 20)

• e. "inhabitants" (line 24)

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The antecedent of "its" (p. 193, line 30) is

• a. "System" (line 28)

• b. "Province" (line 29)

• c. "Boundaries" (line 30)

• d. Arbitrary" (line 29)

• e. "government" (line 30)

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

In the final sentence, Jefferson concludes the Declaration with a(n)

• a. compound sentence designed to convey an erudite attitude of gravity and seriousness

• b. definitive statement designed to anticipate objections from ambivalent supporters

• c. apeals to logos designed to convince those persuaded chiefly by cogent reason

• d. apeal to the audience through a qualification of a previously stated principle

• e. rhetorical parallelism moving from practical considerations to a lofty ideal

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Te speaker's tone might best be described as

• a. relaxed and candid

• b. impassioned and authorative

• c. complex and ambiguous

• d. provacative and sardonic

• e. polemical and pedantic

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4