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WorksheetsRevolutionary Writers
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
In their writings Benjamin Franklin and Phillis Wheatley both use a tone that is best described as __________.
Humorous
Bitter
Positive
Alarmed
How does Franklin's writing reflect the times in which he lived?
He advocates hard work, self-improvement and resourcefulness.
He describes the hypocrisy of embracing slavery in a free country.
He makes a logical argument for why America should take up arms against England.
He invites readers to reflect on the beauty of nature.
Unlike the Puritans, Benjamin Franklin and other Enlightenment thinkers believe that moral improvement depends on _________.
God
oneself
government
friends
Identify the literary device:
"Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot?”
Rhetorical Question
Antithesis
Repetition/Parallelism
Identify the literary device:
"We are disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not..."”
Rhetorical Question
Antithesis
Repetition/Parallelism
Identify the literary device:
“Give me liberty, or give me death!”
Rhetorical Question
Antithesis
Repetition/Parallelism
Patrick Henry's purpose in 'Speech to the Virginia Convention' was
To encourage colonists to create a better union
To explain why it was fair for the colonies to be free
To urge colonists to create a militia and prepare for war
To give practical reasons for separation with England
The Enlightenment was a movement primarily committed to the use of _____________.
philosophy
religious faith
emotion
reason
"We have petitioned; we have remonstrated, we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves" is an example of:
Restatement
Parallelism
Repetition
Rhetorical Question
Who wrote "Speech in the Virginia Convention"?
Crevecoeur
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Patrick Henry
Who was the first published black American poet?
Thomas Paine
Crevecoeur
Phillis Wheatley
John Locke
The literary term evident in this line: "The war is inevitable--and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come!"
Restatement
Rhetorical Question
Parallelism
Repetition
A witty observation about life that contains an universal truth.
Aphorism
Anaphora
Fallacy
Colloqualism
Which was NOT considered to be popular literature during the age of enlightenment?
Speeches
Pamphlets
Novels
Autobiographies
