Declaration of Independence The Devil and Tom Walker Rhetorical devices Speech in the Virginia Convention Phillis Wheatley: Poem for George Washington
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What made the Declaration of Independence different than any other revolution?
The people who were leading the revolution had a lot to lose.
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Where was Tom Walker when he first meets the devil?
Indian battlegrounds
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What is a rhetorical question?
A question not meant to be answered.
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Who wrote the Speech in the Virginia Convention?
Patrick Henry
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Why was Phillis publishing this poem so important?
She was the first black poet in America to publish a book.
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Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
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What was Tom doing when he met the devil?
Taking a shortcut
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What is an anaphora?
Repeating the beginning of a sentence.
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What could Henry have been executed for?
Treason
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What was the poem about?
Wheatley's beliefs about being a Patriot a believing in freedom.
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How many grievances about the king were in the Declaration of Independence?
27
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What did Tom's wife say about the deal with the devil?
She would take it if Tom wouldn't
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What is an allusion?
An indirect reference to something
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Who does Henry denounce in his speech?
The British King
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What was Wheatley trying to tell the reader?
Britain has money, land, and a professional large army but the Patriots have hope, faith, and a great chief.
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Was there fighting going on while the Declaration of Independence was being written?
Yes
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What was Toms response to his wife being gone for so long?
He went back to where he had seen the devil last.
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What is repetition?
Repeating words to make them more important
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What were Henry's famous words?
"Give me liberty, or give me death."
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Wheatley was telling George Washington what?
Washington is a good leader and that she has faith in him to lead the Patriots to Victory.
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To whom was the Declaration of Independence written?
All of mankind
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What were the only two parts of Tom's wife left?
Heart and liver
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What is an antithesis?
A contrast between two opposite things
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Patrick Henry was really good at asking questions that did not need an answer. These are known as...?
Rhetorical questions
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True or false. This poem was originally written to George Washington.
True






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