Describe the qualities of a person that Ben Franklin would admire.
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What is parallel structure?
Using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance
What is the complaint with which Abigail Adams begins her "Letter to John Adams?"
Her husband's letters are too short.
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
Why does Abigail Adams think Virginia might not be passionate about liberty?
It allows slavery.
What is the central theme in Langston Hughes' poem "Democracy."
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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.
How does Jefferson use paragraphs 30-31 to refine his argument?
The colonies are declaring their independence due to the total disregard of their previous calls for change.
What is a theme in "On Being Brought from Africa to America?"
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Why does Franklin devote a week to each virtue?
He thinks he can strengthen one virtue through strict attention.
What is another word for "aphorism?"
proverb or truism
How does Equiano feel at the beginning of his narrative and why?
Relieved, because he has friends aboard the slave ship
Confused, because the white sailors are so different
Terrified, because he's been taken aboard a slave ship
Angry, when he sees European sailors invading his country.
Phillis Wheatley suggests that religious beliefs are
not required for redemption
not accessible for all people
not important to her
not dependent upon skin color
What does Abigail Adams predict will happen if no laws protect women?
Women will incite a revolt of their own.