Excerpt from...The Declaration of Sentiments

RI 10.6

The following question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.

How does the author use rhetoric to advance her point of view in the excerpt from The Declaration of Sentiments ?

• A The author uses a metaphor to compare women to servants.

• B The author uses a hyperbole to exaggerate the plight of women.

• C The author uses satire to ridicule the lives of women and the actions of men.

• D The author uses understatement to minimize crimes committed by women while justifying the behavior of men.

RI 10.1

Part B Which sentence from the passage supports the answer in Part A?

• A “ He has withheld from her rights which are given to the most ignorant and degraded men—both natives and foreigners.” (paragraph 5)

• B “He has made her, if married, in the eye of the law, civilly dead.” (paragraph 7

• C “ . . . s he is compelled to promise obedience to her husband, he becoming, to all intents and purposes, her master. . . .” (paragraph 9)

• D “ . . . i f single, and the owner of property, he has taxed her to support a government which recognizes her only when her property can be made profitable to it.” (paragraph 11)

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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

RI 10.3

How does Stanton support her claim that women have been oppressed throughout history?

• A by describing the effects of laws and customs on women

• B by contrasting the rights of married women and unmarried men

• C by illustrating the lack of women in the legal system of the nation

• D by arguing that women should keep the profits of their employment