Read the following line from the passage:

our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury.

what does this statement imply?

the colonists did everything possible to avoid going to war.
the colonists have had problems with the british for a while.
the colonists have unsuccessfully declared independence in the past.
the colonists were unwilling to compromise with the british government.

The purpose of an informative essay is to express personal feelings about a topic. describe events from a certain point of view. instruct the reader about a topic. express and defend an opinion.

Which sentence uses whether correctly

4. how does the speaker's comparison of sinners to aninsect (paragraph 7) contribute to the central idea of thetext? o a it emphasizes the negative view god has ofsinners and how inconsequential they are to him.o b it stresses the connection that exists between allof god's creatures, whether they be human orinsect.o c it suggests that sinners can change for the better,as insects are known to go throughtransformations.o d it portrays sinners as being just as prevalentaround the earth as the wide variety of insects.