"The Declaration of

Independence"
by Thomas Jefferson
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.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all
men are created equal, that they are endowed by
their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that
among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of
Happiness.--That to secure these rights,
Governments are instituted among Men, deriving
their just powers from the consent of the governed,
--That whenever any Form of Government
becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right
of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to
institute new Government, laying its foundation on
such principles and organizing its powers in such
form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect
their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will
dictate that Governments long established should
not be changed for light and transient causes; and
accordingly all experience hath shewn, that
mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils
are sufferable, than to right themselves by
abolishing the forms to which they are
accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and
usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object
evinces a design to reduce them under absolute
Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw
off such Government, and to provide new Guards
for their future security.--Such has been the patient
sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the
necessity which constrains them to alter their
former Systems of Government.
The Declaration of Independence

A)
Use the passage to answer the question.
How does the document’s structure support
the goals of its creators?
(1 point)
by using occasionally informal language
to engage the audience
by presenting information in a
consequential and logical way
by asking rhetorical questions to
encourage deeper thought
by including extended metaphors to
discredit the sovereign