Famous Speeches Analysis

“It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union. And we formed it, not to give the blessings of liberty, but to secure them; not to the half of ourselves and the half of our posterity, but to the whole people - women as well as men. And it is a downright mockery to talk to women of their enjoyment of the blessings of liberty while they are denied the use of the only means of securing them provided by this democratic-republican government - the ballot.”- Susan B. Anthony

Select two ways the author uses Paragraph 2 to convey her purpose for the text.

•    A. To illustrate the effects of excluding women in the decision-making process

•    B. To persuade the audience that all women should have the same rights as men

• C.To show the audience  that women are people and therefore equal to male citizens.

•  To  show the audience how men came to power

“It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union. And we formed it, not to give the blessings of liberty, but to secure them; not to the half of ourselves and the half of our posterity, but to the whole people - women as well as men. And it is a downright mockery to talk to women of their enjoyment of the blessings of liberty while they are denied the use of the only means of securing them provided by this democratic-republican government - the ballot.”- Susan B. Anthony

Select two central ideas that are contrasted throughout the passage.

•    Human rights are essential around the world

• The country was built by women just as much as men

• Women must speak up for their rights

• Only one group of people seem to be benefiting from the laws of our country

"When the New York Giants, a team you would give your right arm to beat, and vice versa, sends you a gift - that's something. When everybody down to the groundskeepers and those boys in white coats remember you with trophies - that's something. When you have a wonderful mother-in-law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter - that's something. When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body - it's a blessing. When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed - that's the finest I know. So I close in saying that I may have had a tough break, but I have an awful lot to live for."- Lou Gehrig

How does the author’s use of lists in these paragraphs achieve his purpose for the text? 

“Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.”- Abraham Lincoln

How does the author’s use of fallacy in this paragraph undermine his argument?

• The Fallacy assumes that only soldiers only died on the field

• The Fallacy assumes that a nation can endure

• The Fallacy assumes that all soldiers in a civil war only fought for one cause

•  The fallacy makes a false claim that the civil war was great

“On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it, all sought to avert it. While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the Union without war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war-seeking to dissolve the Union and divide effects by negotiation”- Abraham Lincoln

What is the meaning of insurgent as it is used in the paragraph?

• To rebel against something

• To Accept something you do not agree with

• To fight together for one cause

• To investigate another party

if you fail your test you will never be successful (a)  

• Fallacy
• Not Fallacy

Studies have shown that certain fish can live up to 100 years

• Not a Fallacy

• Fallacy