One day, when the girl had become a woman, a man appeared. No one knows where this man came from. Perhaps he was sent from the Gods above. The girl was so filled with wonder to see this strange man, she lost her senses and fainted. The man yielded two very different arrows, and laid them across the body of the girl in opposite directions, then he disappeared.
In which section of the Declaration of Independence does Jefferson restate his thesis?
In paragraph three of Common Sense, why does Paine use the phrases "precariousness of human affairs," "while we have it in our power," and "time and chance"?
Read the excerpt from The Crisis, Number I.“’Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.”Which best describes the purpose of this excerpt?
Which best describes how Jefferson organizes his argument in the body of the Declaration of Independence?
Read the excerpt from Common Sense.“There are injuries which nature cannot forgive; she would cease to be nature if she did.”Paine uses this language to show that
Which excerpt from The Crisis, Number I contains a simile?
Read the statement.When a government fails to protect the unalienable rights of its citizens, it is the duty and right of citizens to create another form of government.This statement is the Declaration of Independence’s
Which of the following statements supports the idea that Colonists tried to work with the king before writing the Declaration of Independence?
Which sentence from "The World on Turtle's Back" best illustrates why the story is considered a creation myth?
Read this excerpt from "The World on Turtle's Back."The right-handed twin accused his brother of murdering their mother and their quarrels continued until it was time to bury their mother. With the help of their grandmother, they made her a grave. From her head grew the three sister plants, corn, beans, and squash. From her heart grew tobacco, which people still use to give thanks in ceremony. She is called “our mother” and the people dance and sing to her to make the plants grow.The excerpt suggests that the Iroquois believed that
Read this excerpt from "The World on Turtle's Back."The conflict between the twins continued, and for some reason, the grandmother favored the left-handed twin. The right-handed twin became angry and resentful. He was the truthful twin who always did the right thing. The left-handed twin was deceitful and did everything backward. You could never trust him.The twins represented the two ways of the world which are in all people. The Indians did not call these good and evil. They called them the straight mind and the crooked mind, the righteous man and the devious man, the right and the left.The main purpose of this excerpt is to
The birds of the sea joined together to save the woman and they broke her fall. The great sea turtle floated in the ocean and received the woman on his back without harm. The frightened woman looked around and all she could see was water and sky. She felt helpless, but the animals were determined to save her. She told them that if they could find some soil, she could plant the roots from the Great Tree that were still tangled in her hands.
Read this excerpt from "The World on Turtle's Back."With the deer antler, the right-handed twin demolished his brother. The left-handed twin died, but he didn't die. He was hurled off the edge of the earth by his brother. In this dark world below the earth, the left-handed twin still lives and reigns.The right-handed twin lives in the Sky-World and he is content with the world he helped to create. The left-handed twin lives in the world below. He, too, is content with the world of men. He delights in the sounds of warfare and suffering. These two beings rule the world and look after the affairs of men. During the day people have rituals to honor the right-handed twin. At night they dance and sing for the left-handed twin.Based on this excerpt, it is reasonable to conclude that
Thomas Jefferson organized his argument in the body of the Declaration of Independence by listing the
How does Jefferson support his major premise in the body of the Declaration of Independence?
"The World on Turtle's Back" is a creation myth because it
Which of the following is a central idea in the conclusion of the Declaration of Independence?
Read the statement.Achieving independence requires sacrifice and determination.This statement is the The Crisis, Number IV’s
Read the quotation from The Crisis, Number IV.“It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.”Which phrase best describes the “cause” that Paine refers to?
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