Handout B: Vocabulary and Context Questions – John Hancock (1737-1793)

VOCABULARY AND CONTEXT QUESTIONS

Oration on the Anniversary of the Boston Massacre (1774)

1. Vocabulary: Use context clues to determine the meaning or significance of each of these words and write their definitions:
   1. avowing
   2. enmity
   3. transactions
   4. pretensions
   5. laudably
   6. tenacious
   7. despise
   8. esteem
   9. animating
2. Context: Answer the following questions.
   1. Who wrote this document?
   2. When was this document written?
   3. Who was the audience of this document?
   4. Why was this document written?