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A. Jonathan Edwards B. Patrick Henry C. Thomas Jefferson D. Abigail Adams E. Phillis Wheatley F. John Locke G. The Declaration of Independence

1. In 1776, I wrote a very famous document. I began it with a preamble that tried to explain to the rest of the world why we felt we had no choice but to absolve us of any allegiance to Britain. That government no longer represented us and we declared independence from it.

2. I told my congregation that God was holding most of them over the fiery pit of hell because they hadn’t had a religious conversion.

3. My husband was a delegate to the First Continental Congress in 1774. He later became the second president of the newly formed United States. He was all about fighting for men’s rights and independence, but he never mentioned women’s rights! I reminded him that we have our own power. Brittany Lurty

4. In 1775, I gave my famous speech at the Second Virginia Convention. I used my fiery rhetoric to persuade the delegates of the need for armed resistance against Britain because we’ve tried reasoning with the king long enough. It was time to take a stand and fight!

5. Patrick Henry and I have read the works of John Locke and agree with his ideas of men having natural rights. That encouraged us to fight for ours.

6. I told my husband that we here in Massachusetts were concerned for our safety and feared a British invasion. We needed a more stable government and more defense.

7. No one would guess by my elevated language that I was once a slave. But I was freed and was fortunate to get a good education.

8. During my time period, we believed that people were born evil and could only be saved by God’s grace.

9. I began my famous speech by showing respect for the patriotism of the delegates who spoke before I did at the convention. I ended my speech with words that would go down in history – “Give me liberty or give me death!”

10. We are two “enlightened” men who believe that people are born good and that God is reasonable. This is a new way of thought after the Puritans’ ideas (person 1).

10. We are **two** “enlightened” men who believe that people are born good and that God is reasonable. This is a new way of thought after the Puritans’ ideas (person 2).

11. I wrote a letter to a reverend who protested against ministers having slaves. I told him I agreed with him and reminded him that Christians were in Africa “freeing” the people from the darkness of not being Christian, but these same Christians were enslaving Africans here in this land. I truly believe that religious and civil liberty must go together!

12. I was afraid that my people were moving away from their strong religious beliefs, so I delivered a sermon full of pathos to try to scare them and make them realize how important it was to have a religious conversion and be saved.

13. In my famous writing, in the third part of the four-part document, I use anaphora to emphasize my list of grievances against King George III. 20. The goal of the Patriots who composed me was to absolve their colonies of any more allegiance to Britain

Crossword

Across 5:Acknowledgement 10: Metaphor 11: 13: Allegiance 14:Claim 15: Rhetorical 17: Women

Down: 1: Inductive 2:Hyperbole 3:Governs 4: 5: Anaphora 6: Ethos 7:Locke 8: 9: 12: Pathos 15: Rights 16: Logos

READING PRIMARY SOURCES Primary sources are materials written or made by people who took part in or witnessed the events portrayed. To evaluate a primary source, consider the following: • Who was the writer? The age, nationality, and social class of the writer can influence the point of view. • What is the form of the document? Is it a letter, a diary, a speech? How might the form have affected the content? • When and where was it written? The time and place of a primary source can provide clues to the culture and history of the period. • Who is the intended audience? In a private letter to a loved one, the writer might voice thoughts and feelings more freely than in an open letter to a public audience.

Directions: In the chart below, record the information that helped you analyze the letters of Wheatley and Adams.

Writer: Wheatley Form: When and Where Written: Intended Purpose/Audience:

Writer: Adams Form: When and Where Written: Intended Purpose/Audience:

ANALYZE TEXT STRUCTURE The Declaration of Independence consists of four main parts: a preamble that announces the reasons for the document, a declaration of people’s natural rights and relationship to government, a list of complaints against the British king, and a conclusion that formally states America’s independence.

Directions: In the chart, record line numbers for each part and provide a brief summary of each part. An example has been done for you.

Part Summary

1. Preamble 1–6
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When one group of people have to form their own government, it is necessary to explain why.
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2. Declaration of Rights
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3. List of Complaints
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4. Conclusion
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SPEECH IN THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION COPY MASTER Literary Analysis

RHETORICAL DEVICES

Rhetorical devices are structures within language that help communicate ideas. • A rhetorical question is a question to which no answer is expected. • Antithesis expresses contrasting ideas in parallel grammatical structures. • Repetition is the recurrence of words, phrases, or lines. • Parallelism is a kind of repetition in which words or phrases in the same grammatical form connect ideas.

Directions: In the chart, record an example of each rhetorical device from Patrick Henry’s speech.

Rhetorical question

Antithesis "Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death!"

Repetition

Parallelism