English Test

Paine supports his main idea that Britain's attempt to control America is wrong with the reason that the British

Behave the same as common murderers

What support does Paine use for his main idea that "Not a place upon earth might be so happy as America''?

Children in America should be spared from fighting in wars

Paine uses the persuasive technique of an appeal to association when he says that

Children will have to fight in ward because their parents refused to fight tint their time

Which part of Jefferson's argument states that people should give their reasons for declaring independence

Claim

Paine calls the British claim of dominance "impious'' because he believes that the British.

Claim a right over people that only God has

What is Ethos?

Credibility, trust, intelligence, moral

What is Pathos?

Emotions

Reread the following excerpt. What strong feeling does Paine try to bring out in his listeners with this emotional appeal? "...America will never be happy until she gets clear of foreign dominion"

Enthusiasm for the cause

Henry sees the basic question of the debate as a choice between

Freedom and slavery

What actions does Jefferson criticize most in the document?

George III, the British king

Jefferson believed that people should rebel against when

Governments deny basic rights

What was Jefferson's opinion about changing long-established governments?

Governments should continue unless the problems they cause are insufferable

What might Henry have done to emphasize the following lines from his persuasive speech? "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God!"

Increased the volume of his voice

What is Logos?

Logic, evidence, data, universal truths

Henry most likely begins his speech with polite references to other speakers to

Make them want to listen to his speech

Who wrote the Virginia Convention and what year?

Patrick Henry, 1775

Henry begins his speech with

Polite references to other speakers

Henry says "we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight!" The repetition in this quotation most likely would have caused Henry's patriotic audience to

React warmly and enthusiastically

As support for the argument for independence, Jefferson says that the king has

Refused to pass laws that are for the good of the people

Wharf does Jefferson say gas beans the king's reaction to the colonists' repeated petitions?

Refusing to listen to their pleas

What rhetorical device is Henry using in the following quotation? "Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication" ? What terms shall we find which have not already been exhausted?

Rhetorical of structure

Henry says that the British obviously want to subdue the colonies because the British have

Sent their army and navy

Henry urges his listeners to district the British because they

Smile while they prepare to war

What might Henry have done to emphasize speech? "There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forced! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston!"

Sped up his pace to stir emotion and excitement in his audience

The conclusion of the Declaration of Independence states that

The United States is free

Why does Henry say that "room for hope" is gone?

The colonies tried to handle their problems peacefully, but the British mistreated them

The declaration of this public document states that

The king has refused to create laws that are of immediate importance to the colonists

What had the colonists reminded their "British brethren" about?

The reasons for their emigration

Why does Paine view the retreat that he discusses at the end of his essay as a sign of colonial strength?

The soldiers maintained order and protected supplies

What does Paine say will happen if a state gives up it's arms?

The state will need protection from other states

Jefferson's reference to the reliance on the protection of Divine Providence suggests that the colonists believed that

Their course of action was morally correct

Paine suggests that the war is justified because the king and his armies act like

Thieves in the night

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence and what year?

Thomas Jefferson, 1776

Who wrote the Crisis and what year?

Thomas Paine, 1783

Paine study that if freedom comes too easily people will

Underestimate its value

What does Paine say will be a result if the fight for independence fails

Unsafe homes