AnswersCA-English Language Arts 12 CRPart 1: Epic Poetry: Gilgamesh

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Read the excerpt from the Declaration of Sentiments.He has made her, morally, an irresponsible being, as she can commit many crimes with impunity, provided they be done in the presence of her husband. In the covenant of marriage, she is compelled to promise obedience to her husband, he becoming, to all intents and purposes, her master—the law giving him power to deprive her of her liberty, and to administer chastisement.

A
Stanton uses words with positive connotations to encourage women to discover their voices.
B
Stanton uses words with negative connotations to emphasize the persecution of women.
C
Stanton uses words with positive connotations to highlight women’s road toward social progress.
D
Stanton uses words with negative connotations to criticize women for their apathy.
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Which statement uses pathos as a rhetorical appeal?

A
Sixty percent of the community center staff are unpaid volunteers.
B
The center is subsidized, and over half of the children attend for free.
C
The children’s innocence touches the volunteers’ hearts.
D
Many staffers are retired teachers with impressive resumes.
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Read the excerpts from historical documents.From the Declaration of Independence:. . . That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.From the Declaration of Sentiments:Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of those who suffer from it to refuse allegiance to it, and to insist upon the institution of a new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.

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because they are heartfelt praises intended to applaud activists
B
because they mention the Founding Fathers in an attempt to inspire
C
because they are powerful calls to change that define their causes
D
because they are battle cries that demand physical confrontation
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Read the excerpts from historical documents.From the Declaration of Independence:For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with Power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.From the Declaration of Sentiments:After depriving her of all rights as a married woman, if single, and the owner of property, he has taxed her to support a government which recognizes her only when her property can be made profitable to it.

A
Both insist that taxes should be reduced.
B
Both offer accusations of legal oppression.
C
Both complain about real estate values.
D
Both encourage the underprivileged to speak up.
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Read the excerpts from historical documents.From the Declaration of Independence:. . . all experience hath shown, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.From the Declaration of Sentiments:. . . all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they were accustomed.

A
to highlight the physical pain of oppression
B
to establish their personal connections to their causes
C
to acknowledge the difficulty of challenging the status quo
D
to applaud lawmakers for their efforts to bring about change
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Read the sentence.Kev’s keen insights and ________ comments impressed the judges throughout the debate.

A
inept
B
astute
C
adequate
D
satisfactory
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Which statement uses logos as a rhetorical appeal?

A
No young child should go to bed feeling hungry.
B
The committee has experience with staffing and operating food banks.
C
Without food banks, families would face the empty shelves of their pantries.
D
If the food bank collects one hundred more cans, it will be fully stocked.
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Read the excerpt from the Declaration of Independence.Nor have We been wanting in attention to our Brittish brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity.

A
to inform readers about British immigration to the colonies
B
to convince readers that Britain has treated the colonists unfairly
C
to inform readers about specific acts of British military aggression
D
to convince readers that American colonists should be tried in Britain
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A
state lawmakers
B
a women’s rights convention
C
a community activist group
D
college students
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Read the excerpt from the Declaration of Sentiments.He has compelled her to submit to laws, in the formation of which she had no voice.He has withheld from her rights which are given to the most ignorant and degraded men—both natives and foreigners.

A
doubt and confusion
B
injustice and oppression
C
courage and bravery
D
praise and recognition

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