Read the paragraph from the Declaration of Independence. When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume, among the Powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. Now, read the paragraph from the Declaration of Sentiments. When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one portion of the family of man to assume among the people of the earth a position different from that which they have hitherto occupied, but one to which the laws of nature and of nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes that impel them to such a course. To most effectively compare the two passages, the reader should compare
Answer
A
the similarities in the wording.
B
the origins of the two authors.
C
the dates the texts were written.
D
the differences in rhetorical appeals.
Explanation
The Declaration of Sentiments closely echoes the wording and sentence structure of the Declaration of Independence. For example, both begin with “When, in the course of human events” and refer to what the “laws of nature and of nature’s God” entitle people to. Comparing these similarities in wording most directly shows how the second passage draws on the first.
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