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Word Meaning in the Preface to A Dictionary of the English Language — Unit test Answers

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Read the statement about Swift’s "A Modest Proposal."Swift’s skillful and abundant use of false premises to develop his argument was the most effective way to signal that he was writing a satire.

objective because it is influenced by feelings or opinions.

objective because it is not influenced by feelings or opinions.

subjective because it is influenced by feelings or opinions.

subjective because it is not influenced by feelings or opinions.

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Read the excerpt from Thoughts and Sentiments.However, notwithstanding all that has been done and written against it, that brutish barbarity, and unparalelled injustice, is still carried on to a very great extent in the colonies, and with an avidity as insidious, cruel and oppressive as ever.

angry and disgusted

calm and understanding

sad and defeated

passive and detached

Read the excerpts from Samuel Johnson’s preface to A Dictionary of the English Language.Which statement best describes the use of the underlined word in the excerpts?

Excerpt 1 recognizes the importance of word origins, but excerpt 2 suggests that studying word origins could be a waste of time.

Excerpt 1 recognizes the importance of word origins, and excerpt 2 suggests that etymology is more important than syntax.

Excerpt 1 questions the study of word origins, but excerpt 2 asserts the need to include etymology in dictionaries.

Excerpt 1 questions the study of word origins, and excerpt 2 insists that etymology is best studied over the course of one’s lifetime.

Read the excerpt from Thoughts and Sentiments.But the whole business of slavery is an evil of the first magnitude, and a most horrible iniquity to traffic with slaves and souls of men; and an evil, sorry I am, that it still subsists, and more astonishing to think, that it is an iniquity committed amongst Christians, and contrary to all the genuine principles of Christianity, and yet carried on by men denominated thereby.Read the excerpt from Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, An African.That subject, handled in your striking manner, would ease the yoke (perhaps) of many—but if only of one—Gracious God!—what a feast to a benevolent heart!—and, sure I am, you are an epicurean in acts of charity.

Both men claim that good Christians and enlightened individuals will support the abolishment of slavery.

Both men invoke God and use their Christian faith to establish a common ground with their intended audiences.

Both men claim that slavery is the utmost of un-Christian practices and that slaveholders are immoral.

Both men call on the grace of God to help them make their arguments and to be heard.

Samuel Johnson’s dictionary is best described as the first

study of word origins.

collection of word meanings.

modern English dictionary.

modern literary study.

Which is the best example of an explicit statement from Thoughts and Sentiments that shows Cugoano's beliefs about slavery?

“However, notwithstanding all that has been done and written against it, that brutish barbarity, and unparalelled injustice, is still carried on to a very great extent in the colonies, and with an avidity as insidious, cruel and oppressive as ever.”

“However, it cannot but be very discouraging to a man of my complexion in such an attempt as this, to meet with the evil aspersions of some men, who say, ‘That an African is not entitled to any competent degree of knowledge, or capable of imbibing any sentiments of probity; and that nature designed him for some inferior link in the chain, fitted only to be a slave.’”

“By some of such complexion, as whether black or white it matters not, I was early snatched away from my native country, with about eighteen or twenty more boys and girls, as we were playing in a field.”

“But the supporters and favourers of slavery make other things a pretence and an excuse in their own defence; such as, that they find that it was admitted under the Divine institution by Moses, as well as the long continued practice of different nations for ages; and that the Africans are peculiarly marked out by some signal prediction in nature and complexion for that purpose.”

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