Monday, November 9, 2009

Declaration of Independence

List of complaints begins with "He..."
1. Why do they repeat it?
These are things that have happened over and over and not gotten through peoples heads.
2. Why do they make it personal?
They bring out peoples faults and by doing this they hope to change the minds and actions of the people.
3. How does the D.I. anticipate its audiences resistance to change?
It tells the people that they realize how life has been. They respect the need to stay the same but they also say that you must get rid of old times to move on in the world.
4. How does the D.I. use parallelism? How does it impact the effectiveness of the piece?
When they say He before every fact. They emphasize the facts and faults. That way you know what is wrong and what needs to be changed.

parallelism: when a writer uses similar grammatical forms or sentence patterns to express ideas of equal importance.
5.What to you is the most convincing example stated in the D.I.? Why?
"We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends. " This is saying that not matter what we need to be peaceful and willing to live with others as one.

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