unalienable: that may not be taken away

despotism: absolute power or control; tyranny

transient: passing away with time

usurpations: acts of wrongfully taking over a right or power that belongs to someone else

conjured: appealed to

consanguinity: blood relationship

acquiesce in the necessity which denounces: recognize that we must demand

parallelism: the use of similar grammatical forms to express ideas of equal importance

insurrections: an act or instance of rising in revolt, rebellion, or resistance against civil authority or an established government

parallelism: when a writer uses similar grammatical forms or sentence patterns to express ideas of equal importance.

- Samuel Langhorne Clemens is his real name.
- He was born on November 30, 1835.
- At age 12 his father died.
- He became a river pilot and Mark Twain came from river talk.
- Married Olivia Langdon and had three kids that died before age 20.
- By the end of his writing career he had written over 30 books.
- Mark also used Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass as another name.

- Irony - the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning.

Jules Verne was another writer at the same time as mark and wrote Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

1. Why do they repeat it?
because man is dominant
2. Why do they make it personal?
because if its personal then its more effective to one person which makes a free country
3. How does the D.I. anticipate its audiences resistance to change?
because it gives people their own opinion
4. How does the D.I. use parallelism? How does it impact the effectiveness of the piece?
using alot of important sentences and repeating alot. because it grabs the eye when you see a repeating line
5.What to you is the most convincing example stated in the D.I.? Why?
He has refused his assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. i think this because our laws are slipping and they need to be followed