The First sentence is where the quotation is used correctly- quotations is used with the titles of literary works and not with the name of the writers.
The major assumption in the first sentence in the Declaration of Independence was the "all men were created equal".
This obviously wasn't the case because slavery was still in full swing; therefore, what was meant by it is that all WHITE men were created equal.
The answer is A: descriptive phrases full of images from nature
1st question is: C
2nd question is: A