Read this excerpt from Common Sense: No country on the globe is so happily situated, or so
internally capable of raising a fleet as America. Tar, timber,
iron, and cordage are her natural produce. We need go
abroad for nothing.
Which is the most prominent kind of rhetorical appeal Thomas Paine uses
here?

Read this excerpt from the exposition in "the monkey's paw." father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. what is one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence? a. the father in the story is possessed, so he probably says insane things a lot. b. the woman in the story is knitting, so the characters probably don't have good clothes to wear. c. the father is playing chess with the son, but the son is not old enough to know the rules. d. since the father likes taking risks in a game, he might like taking risks in life as well.

Which of the following characterizes a true epic and is seen in the r@pe of the lock? a. everyday details c. heroic acts b. humorous contrasts d. impossible events

What point of view is used in “an episode of war” by stephen crane? a) third person, because one of the soldiers tells the story. b) third person, because an objective narrator outside the events tells the story. c) first person, because the lieutenant tells the story. d) first person, because initially the lieutenant, and later the doctor, tell the story.