Question

The Preamble to the US Constitution

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Consider the purpose of these two excerpts, and then compare their structure and tone. How do these elements differ in the two excerpts? Cite evidence from the text to support your response.​

Answer 1

Answer:The stately and dignified tone of the preamble-like the introduction-comes partly from what the 18thcentury called Style Periodique,in which,as Hugh Blaire explained in his Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres,the sentences are composed of several members linked together,and hanging upon one.

Answer 2

Both excerpts indicate a general cause-and-effect relationship in their structure. In the Declaration of Independence, the cause is the oppression of the American colonies and the effect is the colonies’ desire to dissolve political connections with British rule. In the preamble, the cause is the desire to form a more perfect Union, etc., and the effect is the actual formation of the new federal government under the Constitution.

The tone differs in both excerpts. With statements such as “appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions,” the Declaration of Independence uses emotional appeals to create a persuasive and direct tone. The preamble to the Constitution, on the other hand, uses a long series of claims to support a logical argument.

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