Read the passage. a noted [tory], who kept a tavern at amboy, was standing at his door, with as pretty a child in his hand, about eight or nine years old, as most i ever saw, and after speaking his mind as freely as he thought was prudent, finished with this unfatherly expression, “well! give me peace in my day.” not a man lives on the continent but fully believes that a separation must some time or other finally take place, and a generous parent would have said, “if there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace; ” and this single reflection, well applied, is sufficient to awaken every man to duty. what point was thomas paine trying to make by relating this anecdote? america will break with britain eventually, so now is the time to act. war is very difficult on children and should not be entered into lightly. peace is an expensive commodity, so it should always be sought first.

Will give if correct read the passage first of all, if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that [it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest, but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norgay gazed down upon the world from its summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.

Why did orson welles change the beginning of the war of the worlds for his radio broadcast? a. to capture the attention of his listeners, who may have been doing other things b. to get around copyright laws associated with using material from a published book c. to ask members of the audience to call family and friends and encourage them to listen d. to remind listeners to call police for more information

How does hughes’ poem, “let america be america again,” represent the idea of the failure of the american dream?