Question 2 (3 points) Which describes why the Declaration of Independence was written? (3 points) a To justify separating from Great Britain b To form a new government with Great Britain To create laws to protect the rights of colonists d To enforce laws established by the British government

The answer is A.

Explanation: The Declaration of Independence was written to "break away" from British rule. After all, America was founded by persecuted groups wanting their own safe place to worship and live as they please. They still had to give Britain absurd amounts of taxes and other payments on daily goods, which they couldn't take anymore. So they got together and wrote this document to create a new country.

faulty parallelism is a construction in which two or more parts of a sentence are equivalent in meaning but not grammatically similar in form.

the correct version of this faulty parallelism in the sentence is:

the hikers knew that the hike was six miles, that it usually required the entire day, and it would not be wise to start after 10: 00 a.m.

the problem is the last sentence, the first two have a basic subject+verb+object structure.

so, to give a proper balance to the structure, or better said, to give a parallel structure, we must write a basic s+v+o structure in all three sentences:

the hikers knew that the hike was six miles, that it usually required the entire day, and it would not be wise to start after 10: 00 a.m.