Gilgamesh, hearing his beloved friend,
came to himself. he yelled, he lifted
his massive axe, he swung it, it tore
into humbaba’s neck, the blood
shot out, again the axe bit flesh
and bone, the monster staggered, his eyes
rolled, and at the axe’s third stroke
he toppled like a cedar and crashed to the ground.
at his death-roar the mountains of lebanon shook,
the valleys ran with his blood, for ten miles
the forest resounded. then the two friends
sliced him open, pulled out his intestines,
cut off his head with its knife-sharp teeth
and horrible bloodshot staring eyes.
which statement best paraphrases evidence to support the conclusion that gilgamesh is a fierce warrior?
a humbaba is so terrified of gilgamesh that he lets out a “death-roar” that makes the mountains of lebanon shake.
b after hearing enkidu’s encouraging words, gilgamesh feels like himself again and begins to yell and swing his axe.
c humbaba is so wounded that he staggers around before crashing to the ground like a falling cedar tree.
d after attacking and killing humbaba with his axe, gilgamesh assists in slicing him open, removing his intestines, and cutting off his head.

D After attacking and killing Humbaba with his axe, Gilgamesh assists in slicing him open, removing his intestines, and cutting off his head.

This best supports the conclusion that Gilgamesh is a fierce warrior. In the paraphrase, Gilgamesh kills a ferocious best and cuts him up. The best proves his strength and ferocity. Option A does show that Gilgamesh can be terrifying but not really why. Needing encouraging words to continue on is not as convincing for fierce warrior status as him cutting of his enemy's head. Option C does not state anything about Gilgamesh.

paine is arguying that they had tried everything before coming to the conclusion that they needed to fight for their freedom.

argument: "every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual."

claim 1: "our prayers have been rejected with disdain; and only tended to convince us, that nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in kings more than repeated petitioning and nothing hath contributed more than that very measure to make the kings of europe absolute."

claim 2: "wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for god’s sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child."