English 11 Unit 3 Test

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton

What was the date the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence?

• July 4,1776

• August 2, 1776

• April 18, 1776

• December 16, 1773

Which of the following is the central idea put forth in the Declaration of Independence?

• The American people will fight to the death to protect themselves from attacks by Britain.

• The American colonies are justified in rejecting British rule and setting up a new government.

• The people of Great Britain should claim their own independence from the rule of the current king.

• Americans who support the idea of independence from Great Britain greatly outnumber those who do not.

written works that are delivered orally

• speeches

• anthologies

• books

• primary source documents

repeating an idea in a variety of ways

• restatement

• repetition

• alliteration

• allegory

In 1776, he published Common Sense, in which he argued that Americans must fight for independence

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Paine

• Patrick Henry

• George Washington

This revolutionary's "give me liberty, or give me death" speech directly led to the successful signing of the Declaration of Independence

• Patrick Henry

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• John Adams

was the first writer of African origin to gain a

voice in the United States

• Phillis Wheatley

• Abigail Adams

• Equiano

• Langston Hughes

a figure of speech that attributes human powers or qualities to something that is not human, such as an inanimate object, an aspect of nature, or an abstract idea

• personification

• hyperbole

• anaphora

• assonance

This poem glorifies the bravery and goodness of the revolutionary cause by personifying America as the goddess Columbia

• To His Excellency General Washington

• The Masque of Anarchy

• Give me liberty or give me death speech

• Paul Revere's Ride