Review Student Responses Worksheet (Referring to Maria W. Stewart's 1832 lecture)

Answer the following questions in complete sentences:

What is the historical context of the passage?

What ideas and rhetorical strategies are similar between Jefferson’s Declaration and Stewart’s lecture?

What is Stewart’s purpose?

What is the exam prompt asking the student to do?

Read this sample thesis statement and answer the question: dr. king employs allusions in his “letter to birmingham jail” to the audience make connections. based on the thesis, what is the writers purpose for the essay? a. to show how allusion can the audience create information b. to show how allusion can the audience link information c. to show how allusion can the audience produce information d. to show how allusions can the audience understand information