Abolition and Women’s Rights Movements, Part 1 — Quiz
Question 10 • Language Arts 11
Which statement best explains why "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" is an example of inductive reasoning, as a whole?
Answer
A
It offers a claim and then rebuts all arguments against that claim throughout the rest of the speech about the holiday.
B
It uses a specific holiday as a basis for the broader conclusion that is constructed throughout the rest of the speech.
C
It contains one primary claim in its first paragraph and then supports that claim throughout the rest of the speech.
D
It begins with a grandiose statement and then explains that statement in parts throughout the rest of the speech.
Explanation
Inductive reasoning starts with specific examples or evidence and builds toward a broader conclusion. Douglass uses the specific occasion of the Fourth of July to examine the meaning of American liberty and develops a wider conclusion about the nation’s hypocrisy while slavery continues. That matches the statement that the speech uses a specific holiday as the basis for a broader conclusion.
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