Which sentence in this excerpt from thomas paine's "the crisis, no. 1" best summarizes thomas paine's method of persuasion?
a. he provides empirical evidence to show that perseverance will lead to success in a prolonged war.
b. he provides empirical evidence to show that the future will be bleak if the people do not act as he suggests.
c. he appeals to his readers' emotions by imagining the consequences of not acting as he suggests.
d. he appeals to his readers' emotions by portraying the benefits of engaging in a prolonged war.

Read this excerpt from the exposition in "the monkey's paw." father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. what is one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence? a. the father in the story is possessed, so he probably says insane things a lot. b. the woman in the story is knitting, so the characters probably don't have good clothes to wear. c. the father is playing chess with the son, but the son is not old enough to know the rules. d. since the father likes taking risks in a game, he might like taking risks in life as well.

Nos tuvimos que separar porque nos . a. recién casados b. llevabamos muy mal c. amistad

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