Question

For this assignment, you will write an evaluation of either of two historic passages.

• Patrick Henry’s “Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death!” speech (1775)
• Frederick Douglass’s address, “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” (1852)
To begin, save this document to your computer with your name at the end of the filename (e.g., NG_ELA9-10_W_11_GA_Alice_Jones.docx).
Open the anthology to reread the text you have chosen. Then, read and answer the questions using evidence from the text to support your evaluation.
When you have finished, submit this document to your teacher for grading.
Questions
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1. What is the speaker’s viewpoint? What is his claim?
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2. What reasons does the speaker provide to support his viewpoint or claim?
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3. How valid are the speaker’s reasons for his claim? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
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4. What evidence does the speaker provide to support his reasons?
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5. Is the speaker’s evidence relevant and sufficient? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
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6. Does the speaker use fallacious reasoning or logical fallacies? Use evidence from the text to support your answers.
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7. What counterclaims or alternate claims does the speaker address, and how does he respond to them?
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8. How effective is the speaker’s response to counterclaims or alternate claims? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
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9. Write a one-paragraph evaluation of the speaker’s argument.
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Answer 1

"Liberty, Life & the Pursuit of Happiness" wouldve been what Patrick Henry would have wrote!!!

in the Declaration of Independence instead of "Life Liberty & Pursuit Of Happiness". In his speech “Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death!” Patrick Henry was willing to give up the most important in that list for the second thing. Patrick Henry's speech is a call to action for the colonists to take up arms and fight for their liberty. Colonists unable to get the tyrannical British Parliament & King to listen to reason so Patrick Henry feels since they have no choice the time to take up arms is now because it is better to die fighting for freedom than to live as slaves. ".