Declaration of Independence

The list of complaints begins with "He..."
1. Why do they repeat it? They repeat it to make it more meaningful. They want it to be really personable; so when they say He, they mean the King. The king is doing all the mean things to these people.
2. Why do they make it personal? To make it more meaningful and dramatic. They want this to really mean something. They are so badly wanting independence from England (Great Britian). They really want England to realize what they are doing to innocent people.


3. How does the D.I. anticipate its audiences resistance to change? it shows that even if they dont really want it, in the end it will be good and nessicary for them to have. Most people want this though. People's lives will be better off.

4. How does the D.I. use parallelism? How does it impact the effectiveness of the piece? it shows that every example is important, one isn't better than the other. Since they make each one such a big deal, it means that this D.I. is so important to the people.

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?
When they say "He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burned our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people." I think this because its cruel. The people do not derserve this.