Will give brainliest! consider the following statement: there are no seagulls living in my state. which conclusion would best demonstrate deductive reasoning based on this fact? a. there are no birds of any kind living in my state. b. the seagulls must not tolerate the weather in my state. c. i will not see a seagull near my home today. d. there are no seagulls living in a neighboring state.

The correct answer is C. I will not see a seagull near my home today.

Explanation:

Deductive reasoning refers to the process of drawing a specific conclusion based on a broader and general premise or premises. This differs from inductive reasoning because in inductive reasoning a specific conclusion leads to a more general statement. This implies in the case of the premise "There are no seagulls living in my state" one conclusion that is based on deductive reasoning needs to address the same issue of the lack of seagulls in the state but in a more specific way and therefore the conclusion based on deductive reasoning is " I will not see a seagull near my home today".

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”

wordsworth tends to see nature as 'out there'; a presence which surrounds humans, and contributes to human life, but is different from humans. if you look at a typical wordsworth poem (there was a boy, ye knew him well ye rocks) - wordsworth talks about nature as something that needs to be learned about and understood, nature is different from us.  

if you look at a byron poem (the isles of greece is a good one) - byron looks at nature mainly for what it already means to man. wordsworth will look at a landscape and see the mountains, trees, valleys, and rivers as almost spiritual presences - wordsworth wants to get to know nature.  

byron will look at the same landscape and he will want to know who lives there, what are the villages? are there any farms or mines, is there some history?  

wordsworth looks at nature for what it is; byron is forever asking what it means.  

wordsworth thinks that humans are part of nature; byron thinks that nature is part of being human