Which of the following rhetorical elements is used in the underlined portions in the following quote from The Declaration of Independence?

"He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people."

Which of the following BEST describes the word choice used in reference to the King of Britain or England?

Why does the tone shift in The Declaration of Independence?

Which of the following rhetorical elements is demonstrated n the following sentence from Patrick Henry's Speech to the Virginia Convention?

"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God!"

Which of the following rhetorical elements in demonstrated in Patrick Henry's Speech to the Virginia Convention?

"We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts."

Which of the following rhetorical elements is demonstrated in the following quote from Patrick Henry's Speech to the Virginia Convention?

"Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss."

Which tone describes Douglass' tone in the following excerpt from "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?"

"This Fourth [of] July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn. To drag a man in fetters into the grand illuminated temple of liberty, and call upon him to join you in joyous anthems, were inhuman mockery and sacrilegious irony. Do you mean, citizens, to mock me, by asking me to speak to-day? If so, there is a parallel to your conduct. And let me warn you that it is dangerous to copy the example of a nation whose crimes, lowering up to heaven, were thrown down by the breath of the Almighty, burying that nation in irrecoverable ruin! I can to-day take up the plaintive lament of a peeled and woe-smitten people!"

Which of the following words/phrases from the selected quote is an example of figurative language?

"your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanksgivings, with all your religious parade, and solemnity, are, to him, mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy — a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages. "

Which of the following rhetorical elements is demonstrated in the quote from Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address?

"One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war."

Josh has never snow skied. He is very good at water skiing and ice skating. Josh's friend, Mark, is very good at snow skiing, water skiing, and ice skating. Mark thinks that Josh will be good at snow skiing, too.

The analogy that Mark uses here is an example of which form of argument?

The Proclamation of Neutrality

Whereas it appears that a state of war exists between Austria, Prussia, Sardinia, Great Britain, and the United Netherlands, of the one part, and France on the other; and the duty and interest of the United States require, that they should with sincerity and good faith adopt and pursue a conduct friendly and impartial toward the belligerent Powers;

I have therefore thought fit by these presents to declare the disposition of the United States to observe the conduct aforesaid towards those Powers respectfully; and to exhort and warn the citizens of the United States carefully to avoid all acts and proceedings whatsoever, which may in any manner tend to contravene such disposition.

And I do hereby also make known, that whatsoever of the citizens of the United States shall render himself liable to punishment or forfeiture under the law of nations, by committing, aiding, or abetting hostilities against any of the said Powers, or by carrying to any of them those articles which are deemed contraband by the modern usage of nations, will not receive the protection of the United States, against such punishment or forfeiture; and further, that I have given instructions to those officers, to whom it belongs, to cause prosecutions to be instituted against all persons, who shall, within the cognizance of the courts of the United States, violate the law of nations, with respect to the Powers at war, or any of them.

In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed to these presents, and signed the same with my hand. Done at the city of Philadelphia, the twenty-second day of April, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the seventeenth.

Which of the following best describes the tone of the address?