B: think about something seriously.

C: Swift uses a false premise to create humor.

B: Slavery is an awful and vicious practice.

A: the similarities in the wording.

B: restate it in her own words.

A: He uses logos to convince the reader of his point.

B: think about something seriously.

C: Swift uses a false premise to create humor.

B: Slavery is an awful and vicious practice.

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Read the excerpt from "A Modest Proposal."This I freely own, and 'twas indeed one principal design in offering it to the world. I desire the reader will observe, that I calculate my remedy for this one individual Kingdom of Ireland, and for no other that ever was, is, or, I think, ever can be upon Earth. Therefore let no man talk to me of other expedients: Of taxing our absentees at five shillings a pound: Of using neither cloaths, nor houshold furniture, except what is of our own growth and man

to show that his plan to sell children is the most reasonable plan that has been put forth

to show that society is already asking too much of wealthy individuals

to show that real reform is possible with reasonable sacrifice

to show that there are many other people who are trying to bring about reform

“is evidently the incumbent duty of all men of enlightened understanding”

“and of every man that has any claim or affinity to the name of Christian”

“iniquitous traffic of slavery, can no where, or in any degree, be admitted”

“who must eventually resign their own claim to any degree of sensibility”

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Read the excerpt from Thoughts and Sentiments.And if such men can boast of greater degrees of knowledge, than any African is entitled to, I shall let them enjoy all the advantages of it unenvied, as I fear it consists only in a greater share of infidelity, and that of a blacker kind than only skin deep. And if their complexion be not what I may suppose, it is at least the nearest in resemblance to an infernal hue.

All men are created equal in the eyes of the Christian God.

There are good men who understand the need for slavery.

Those who support slavery are evil, and their souls are doomed.

Africans are entitled to the same rights as Europeans and Americans.

Read the excerpts from historical documents.From the Declaration of Independence:We . . . solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved . . .From the Declaration of Sentiments:. . . we insist that they have immediate admission to all the rights and privileges which belong to them as citizens of the United States.

Both offer complaints.

Both recall history.

Both state demands.

Both admit defeat.

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Read the statement about Swift’s "A Modest Proposal."In "A Modest Proposal," Swift indisputably proves that the children's skins could even be used to create clothing.

suggests

absurdly describes

demands

brilliantly writes

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.—You, who are universally read, and as universally admired—you could not fail—Dear Sir, think in me you behold the uplifted hands of thousands of my brother Moors.—Grief (you pathetically observe) is eloquent;—figure to yourself their attitudes;—hear their supplicating addresses!—alas!—you cannot refuse.

to convince Sterne that Africans can be religious and spiritual

to convince Sterne that he is a formerly enslaved person from the colonies

to convince Sterne to write more texts against slavery

to convince Sterne to create more characters like uncle Toby

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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.

to highlight the physical pain of oppression

to establish their personal connections to their causes

to acknowledge the difficulty of challenging the status quo

to applaud lawmakers for their efforts to bring about change

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.

Cugoano believes that slavery does not have to be cruel and oppressive.

Cugoano believes that slavery needs to be abolished in the colonies.

Cugoano believes that more people need to speak out against slavery.

Cugoano believes that more writers need to write about slavery.

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Read the excerpt from "A Modest Proposal."But, as to my self, having been wearied out for many years with offering vain, idle, visionary thoughts, and at length utterly despairing of success, I fortunately fell upon this proposal, which, as it is wholly new, so it hath something solid and real, of no expence and little trouble, full in our own power, and whereby we can incur no danger in disobliging England.

to remind readers that his plan is very cost effective

to show that implementing the plan would not disrupt daily life

to show that most people value human life too much

to remind readers that each human being is valuable

Which statement uses logos as a rhetorical appeal?

No young child should go to bed feeling hungry.

The committee has experience with staffing and operating food banks.

Without food banks, families would face the empty shelves of their pantries.

If the food bank collects one hundred more cans, it will be fully stocked.

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Which are main ideas of Swift’s "A Modest Proposal"? Select three options.People could solve the problem of poverty in England by breeding, selling, and eating its impoverished children.The practice of eating impoverished children would benefit the poor, the wealthy, and the English economy.Those who constantly breed would have to care for their children for only one year before selling them for a profit.Men would take better care of their pregnant wives because they would not want to do anything to cause a miscarriage.Swift maintains that his solution to end poverty in England is the easiest, cheapest, and most effective proposal thus far made.

People could solve the problem of poverty in England by breeding, selling, and eating its impoverished children.

The practice of eating impoverished children would benefit the poor, the wealthy, and the English economy.

Those who constantly breed would have to care for their children for only one year before selling them for a profit.

Men would take better care of their pregnant wives because they would not want to do anything to cause a miscarriage.

Swift maintains that his solution to end poverty in England is the easiest, cheapest, and most effective proposal thus far made.

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.

Both insist that taxes should be reduced.

Both offer accusations of legal oppression.

Both complain about real estate values.

Both encourage the underprivileged to speak up.

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Read the excerpt from Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, An African.My chief pleasure has been books.—Philanthropy I adore.—How very much, good Sir, am I (amongst millions) indebted to you for the character of your amiable uncle Toby!—I declare, I would walk ten miles in the dog-days, to shake hands with the honest corporal.

Uncle Toby has freed millions of enslaved people.

Uncle Toby has taught him how to read.

Uncle Toby is a very talented writer.

Uncle Toby is a remarkable creation.

Read the excerpt from Thoughts and Sentiments.It is therefore manifest, that something else ought yet to be done; and what is required, is evidently the incumbent duty of all men of enlightened understanding, and of every man that has any claim or affinity to the name of Christian, that the base treatment which the African Slaves undergo, ought to be abolished; and it is moreover evident, that the whole, or any part of that iniquitous traffic of slavery, can no where, or in any degree, be admitted, but among those who must eventually resign their own claim to any degree of sensibility and humanity, for that of barbarians.Read the excerpt from Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, An African.I am sure you will applaud me for beseeching you to give one half hour's attention to slavery, as it is at this day practised in our West Indies.—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.—You, who are universally read, and as universally admired—you could not fail

Cugoano is hoping that a few enslaved people can be released, while Sancho is hoping that Sterne can abolish slavery altogether.

Cugoano makes references to his Christian faith, while Sancho stays away from the topic of religion altogether.

Sancho is humbly asking for someone’s help, while Cugoano is asking for immediate and drastic changes in policies about slavery.

Sancho is informing the general public about the horrors of slavery, while Cugoano is writing a private letter.

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Read the excerpt 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.

compromise and peace

discussion and debate

time and tradition

power and control

state lawmakersa women’s rights conventiona community activist groupcollege students

state lawmakers

a women’s rights convention

a community activist group

college students

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Read the sentence from Samuel Johnson's preface to A Dictionary of the English Language.I have studiously endeavoured to collect examples and authorities from the writers before the restoration, whose works I regard as the wells of English undefiled, as the pure sources of genuine diction.

studiously, endeavoured

examples, authorities

writers, restoration

pure, genuine

Read the excerpt from "A Modest Proposal."I desire those politicians who dislike my overture, and may perhaps be so bold to attempt an answer, that they will first ask the parents of these mortals, whether they would not at this day think it a great happiness to have been sold for food at a year old, in the manner I prescribe, and thereby have avoided such a perpetual scene of misfortunes, as they have since gone through, by the oppression of landlords, the impossibility of paying rent without money or trade, the want of common sustenance, with neither house nor cloaths to cover them from the inclemencies of the weather, and the most inevitable prospect of intailing the like, or greater miseries, upon their breed for ever.

Swift maintains that, if asked, people who have lived in poverty their entire lives would say that they would rather have been sold for food at one year of age.

Swift states that adults who have grown up in poverty have experienced a sequence of misfortunes, such as being unable to obtain food or clothing.

Swift argues that poverty-stricken people have been oppressed and mistreated by landlords for being unable to pay rent with either money or traded goods.

Swift challenges politicians to ask adults who have been raised in poverty questions before criticizing his proposal to help impoverished people.

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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.

to inform readers about British immigration to the colonies

to convince readers that Britain has treated the colonists unfairly

to inform readers about specific acts of British military aggression

to convince readers that American colonists should be tried in Britain

Which statement uses pathos as a rhetorical appeal?

Sixty percent of the community center staff are unpaid volunteers.

The center is subsidized, and over half of the children attend for free.

The children’s innocence touches the volunteers’ hearts.

Many staffers are retired teachers with impressive resumes.

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