USA HISTORY

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TEXT SIGNERS AND LEGACY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What words does Jefferson use to create a positive tone?
A
New and Clear
B
Joyful and Hopeful
C
Free and Independent
D
Beautiful and Bright
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the Declaration of Independence, by Thomas Jefferson, he uses three of the major rhetorical techniques of persuasion such as: pathos, which is the appeal to emotion, logos, the appeal to logic, and ethos, the appeal to ethics.

Detailed explanation-3: -"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal. . . .” “it is the great parent of science & of virtue: and that a nation will be great in both, always in proportion as it is free.” “our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost."

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