Monday, November 9, 2009

Definitions
unalienable: that may not be taken away

despotism: absolute power or control; tyranny

transient: passing away with time

usurpations: acts of wrongfully taking over a right or power that belongs to someone else

conjured: appealed to

consanguinity: blood relationship

acquiesce in the necessity which denounces: recognize that we must demand

parallelism: the use of similar grammatical forms to express ideas of equal importance

insurrections: an act or instance of rising in revolt, rebellion, or resistance

The list of complaints begins with "He..."
1. Why do they repeat it? - they repeat it because they want to prove their point.
2. Why do they make it personal? - to single the man out. also project it to him that there is only one.

3. How does the D.I. anticipate its audiences resistance to change?
they wrote it in parts so that they would stand out and they can see how bad the king was!.
4. How does the D.I. use parallelism? How does it impact the effectiveness of the piece? because to prove their point, to get it across to the King of Britain.

5.What to you is the most convincing example stated in the D.I.? Why

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