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,
To most effectively compare the two passages, the
reader should compare
the similarities in the wording..
the origins of the two authors.
the dates the texts were written.
O the differences in rhetorical appeals.
