9. read the passage from “a gold slipper” by willa cather the gold slipper an elderly man, with very marked features and iron-grey hair, sat in the fifth row of the stalls, on the right-hand aisle. he was a bony man, and the people behind him noticed him and thought he looked strong. he had heard bonanni in her best days and many great lyric sopranos from patti to melba, and he was thinking that none of them had sung the mad scene better than cordova, who had only been on the stage two years, and was now in new york for the first time. cordova herself was altogether intent on what she was doing and was not thinking of her friends, of lushington, or logotheti, nor of the bony man in the stalls; certainly not of society, though it was richly represented by diamonds in the subscriber's tier. which point of view is used in the passage? first-person omniscient third-person limited third-person

It is an omniscient third person point of view.

Explanation:

In the passage provided, we see the unknown narrator telling us about the situation and the characters. Even though there is no direct association of the narrator with the characters in the story, he seems to know what the characters are feeling, even their innermost thoughts and unspoken feelings. This form of narration where the narrator or speaker is capable of knowing the inside nature and emotions of the characters is a form of third person omniscient narration. There is no relation or association of the speaker and the characters but he knows the feelings of all the characters and makes the storytelling more in depth and meaningful for the readers.

1. drag the central argument paine presents and its two claims to complete the chart. argument claims america may have flourished more had it not been under the power of any european country. america may have flourished under britain in the past, but there is no guarantee that it will continue to flourish in the future. america will continue to flourish as long as the essential food products it sells are bought and eaten in europe. the american colonies will no longer flourish when britain makes war against them. britain's king has shown himself to be prejudiced against the colonies, rather than wanting them to flourish.

2.select the sentence in this passage that can be classified as a false statement.

although few humans per year are attacked by polar bears, any individual attack can be terrifying and even fatal. the warming of arctic regions has allowed the intrusion of humans into the polar bears’ habitat, increasing the danger of harmful contacts. remaining alert and using precautions can humans avoid a negative encounter with a polar bear. traveling together and staying close to the group can humans avoid bear attacks. certain weapons, including nonlethal ones such as pepper spray, are effective against polar bears. once a bear has decided to attack, however, nothing can be done.

3.select the sentence in this passage that demonstrates the fallacy of making an extreme either-or claim.

the civil war was the bloodiest conflict in the history of the united states. more than 600,000 soldiers lost their lives. the fighting took place in many different cities and throughout the countryside. the wounded often suffered acute pain while in the field hospitals. they all should have asked for better care. william hammond, the surgeon general of the union army, created a new system of sanitary field care. if people do not accept hammond as the most important person from the civil war, they have no understanding of the war.