1. Part A: which of the following answer choices states the central idea of the passage?
Granting the right to vote to all is the clearest path for securing a truly united nation.
1. Part B: Which of the following lines from the passage BEST supports the answer to Part A?
Peace to the country....(paragraph 2)
2. Which of the following is the STRONGEST statement of the author's purpose for writing the passage?
Douglass is writing to convince members of Congress to adopt the point of view that voting rights should not be denied based on race and to urge them to vote for laws guaranteeing the same.
3. Which of the following BEST demonstrates the author's use of emotionally charged language?
Their history is parallel to that...(paragraph 4)
4. What is the MOST LIKELY reason that Douglass mentions Charles Sumner, Thaddeus Stevens, Wendell Philips, and Gerrit Smith in paragraph 3 of the passage?
Douglass is encouraging listeners to trust his credibility by showing that his views are shared by other respected individuals (an appeal to authority)
5. Which of the following quotations is an example of restatement?
Here they are, four millions of them...(paragraph 4)
6. Which of the following methods of persuasion appear in the above sentence? Choose THREE that apply.
example, charged language, and appeal to emotion.
7. Which lines from the sonnet MOST CLEARLY make the shift in tone identified in Part A?
lines 5-6