a central figure (author) in the Harlem Renaissance
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What is another word for "aphorism?"
proverb or truism
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When arranging his list of values, Franklin compares himself to one "who having a garden to weed, does no attempt to eradicate all the bad herbs at once ... but works on one of the beds at a time." What does he mean by this?
He compares weeding a garden to trying to master one virtue at a time.
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In his narrative, Olaudah Equiano stated that the cruelest treatment of all was perhaps
Separating families by auction
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How does Equiano feel at the beginning of his narrative and why?
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What does Abigail Adams predict will happen if no laws protect women?
Women will incite a revolt of their own.
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What does the metaphor mean in lines 15-18 of Langston Hughes' "Democracy?"
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
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What is parallel structure?
Using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance
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Why did Langston Hughes title his poem "Democracy?"
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Phillis Wheatley suggests that religious beliefs are
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How does the list of complaints in The Declaration of Independence help to reinforce Jefferson's argument?
Emphasizing how the King is unfair to the colonists
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Who was Oloudah Equiano?
An enslaved man who became a prominent figure associated with the campaign to abolish the slave trade.