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- 1. Multiple Choice
What type of persuasive writing is used to influence readers’ feelings (pathos)?
appeals to ethics
appeals to logic
appeals to emotions
appeals to authority
- 2. Multiple Choice
What type of persuasive writing is used to show that an argument is correct (logos)?
appeals to ethics
appeals to logic
appeals to emotions
appeals to authority
- 3. Multiple Choice
What type of persuasive writing is used to show that an argument is just or fair (ethos)?
appeals to ethics
appeals to logic
appeals to emotions
appeals to authority
- 4. Multiple Choice
What type of persuasive writing is used to show that a higher power supports the ideas?
appeals to ethics
appeals to logic
appeals to emotions
appeals to authority
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of the following does NOT correctly describe the genre of the Declaration of Independence?
Open letter
Fictional story
Historical/Political document
Persuasive document
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is the audience for the Declaration of Independence?
The Native Americans who first lived in America
The writers of the Declaration of Independence
The colonists who were still loyal to the British king
The world
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was NOT the purpose for the Declaration of Independence?
To explain why the colonists should break away from Britain
To understand why the King was being tyrannical
To convince the world that what they were doing was justified
To announce their political separation from Britain
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is the appeal that is used MOST in the Declaration of Independence?
He explains how a government is created
He discusses the rights that people possess as human beings
He offers a long list of the colonists’ complaints against the British king
He asks colonists to contribute their fortunes (money) to the war
- 9. Multiple Choice
What overall announcement does the Declaration of Independence make?
The colonists proclaim their loyalty to Great Britain
The colonists refuse to pay unfair taxes with Great Britain
The colonists declare a separation from Great Britain
The colonists sign new agreements with Great Britain
- 10. Multiple Choice
Why does Jefferson use charged/loaded words in the Declaration of Independence?
Because he wants to confuse the audience with difficult words
Because he wants to appeal to the audience’s emotions
Because he wants to appeal to the audience’s intellect
Because he is not sure who the audience is
- 11. Multiple Choice
Why does Jefferson mention the self-evident truths “that all men are created equal” and the “unalienable rights” of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
Because those are all things that the audience could relate to
Because it appeals to the audience’s sense of justice
Because it appeals to the audience’s sense of fairness
All of the above are correct
- 12. Multiple Choice
From Jefferson’s statement that governments are instituted to secure basic human rights (the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness), the argument logically follows that...
Any government not protecting the people’s rights should be altered or abolished
The government is only as good as the people
Governments have the power to do anything they want, even if it hurts the people
A government’s power comes from a higher power
- 13. Multiple Choice
Why does Jefferson introduce the following idea in the beginning of the Declaration of Independence: “governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes...”?
to remind the people that the colonists’ reasons for declaring independence are very serious
to explain the process of how to change a government
to argue against them starting a new government because it’s too hard
to justify his personal involvement in this revolution
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which sentence explains the central reason why the colonists want to separate their political bands from Great Britain?
“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights…”
“This history of the present king of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states.”
“He has abdicated government here, by declaring us out of his protection and waging war against us.”
“And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor."
- 15. Multiple Choice
From the Declaration of Independence, what can be inferred about Jefferson’s general attitude toward revolution?
All cases of injustice justify a revolution
People should revolt as their first course of action
Revolution is a method of last resort
Revolution is a very poor way of dealing with conflict
- 16. Multiple Choice
Jefferson purposefully uses the charged word TYRANT to characterize the king of Britain. What emotion does he want to evoke (bring out) in the audience?
Sorrow (sadness)
envy (jealousy)
anger
joy
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which phrase from the Declaration of Independence is charged (filled with emotion)?
“for the public good”
“without our consent”
“complete the works of death, desolation, and tyranny”
“in the most humble terms”
- 18. Multiple Choice
In the middle of the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson writes a list of crimes that the king has committed against the colonists. Why does he do this? Why is it effective?
Because it is evidence of what the king has done to hurt them
Because it is rationale to prove that their actions in declaring war are justified
Because he wants the king to look like the victim
Both A and B are correct
- 19. Multiple Choice
After the list of the crimes of the king, Jefferson states “In every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms. Our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury.” Why does he state this?
To show that they have tried to resolve their problems with the king by “talking it out”
To show that the king’s response to their attempts to resolve their problems was by hurting them more
To show that they tried to avoid war, but now they have no other option
All of the above are correct
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which type of appeal is used in the following phrases from the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident…” and “these united colonies are and of right ought to be free and independent states”?
appeals to ethos (ethics)
appeals to logos (logic)
appeals to pathos (emotion)
appeals to authority
- 21. Multiple Choice
Which type of appeal is used in the following phrases from the Declaration of Independence: “Whenever any form of government becomes destructive…it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it” and “as free and independent states, they have full power to levy war”?
appeals to ethics (ethos)
appeals to logic (logos)
appeals to emotions (pathos)
appeals to authority
- 22. Multiple Choice
Which type of appeal is used in the following phrases from the Declaration of Independence: “appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world” and “with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence”?
appeals to ethics (ethos)
appeals to logic (logos)
appeals to emotions (pathos)
appeals to authority
- 23. Multiple Choice
Which type of appeal is used in the following phrase from the Declaration of Independence: “He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burned our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people”?
appeals to ethics (ethos)
appeals to logic (logos)
appeals to emotions (pathos)
appeals to authority
- 24. Multiple Choice
Why does Jefferson use repetition in the end of the Declaration of Independence when he states, “We have warned them…” “We have reminded them” “We have appealed to their native justice…”?
Because he thinks the people won’t understand him if he doesn’t repeat himself
To tell the world that they have tried many times to solve their problems with the king before declaring war
To gain support from the colonists who are afraid to go to war
Because he wants them to remember what he said
- 25. Multiple Choice
Which of the following BEST summarizes The Introduction to the Declaration of Independence?
When one group of people must separate themselves politically from another group of people, respect requires that they should state the reasons for the separation.
A government’s job is to protect the people, so when the government is not doing its job, it is the people’s right to change or get rid of that government.
Every time that we have tried to get the king to fix his wrongdoings, he has only responded by hurting us even more.
A tyrant is not a suitable ruler of free people.
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