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What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence and who was the main author of it

The purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to declare that the American colonies were free from British rule and that they were their own country.

The main writer of the Declaration of Independence was Thomas Jefferson, but there were many others who helped write it.

What is the main goal of the constitution as stated in the preamble

To protect the people's rights.

How does justice black support the dissenting opinion

by referring to the Waugh v Mississippi university case about protests in fraternities

What is the central argument presented in the Declaration of Independence

The current government does not provide equal liberties, so a new government must be created.

Why do justices use precedents in majority opinions and dissents

To show that other cases with similar circumstances came to a similar decision

Which section of the Declaration of Independence discusses the king's actions

Grievances

What is written in the Preamble to the Constitution


An explanation that the Constitution's purpose is to prevent abuse in government(apex)

Which of these is a plan that offered the Constitutional Convention a proposal for representation

The New Jersey Plan

By including their British brethren in the list of grievances the authors were using which rhetorical appeal

Pathos

-Apex

Which of these rhetorical devices was the author of the declaration using when he repeated He followed by a verb over and over again

Parallelism.

If a reader wants to evaluate a text which is the best question to ask while reading it

what are the goals of the text, and what elements help achieve those goals? -apex

The inclusion of four propositions followed by a fifth that comes to a conclusion in the preamble exemplifies

Deductive reasoning- apex

The main purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to

2

How is parallelism used here to strengthen the argument

ya

According to Lucas use of the word necessary in the first paragraph of the Declaration of Independence makes a revolution seem

inevitable

How does the author appeal to ethos here

for the passage that begins with "a decent respect" the answer is by showing the audience respect in the form of an explanation. :)

What is jeffersons use of four premises followed by a conclusion in the preamble is an example of

deductive reasonin

Which of these rhetorical devices was the author of the declaration using when he included words like cruelty and barbarous

diction. -apex

to maintain their credibility, the creators of declaration had to

Provide evidence of how they had been mistreated

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