(The County Attorney, after again looking around the kitchen, opens the door of a cupboard closet. He gets up on a chair and looks on a shelf. Pulls his hand away, sticky.) COUNTY ATTORNEY. Here’s a nice mess.
(The women draw nearer.)

MRS. PETERS (to the other woman). Oh, her fruit; it did freeze. (To the Lawyer). She worried about that when it turned so cold. She said the fire’d go out and her jars would break.

SHERIFF. Well, can you beat the women! Held for murder and worryin’ about her preserves.

What would be one advantage of reading this scene as opposed to watching or listening to it?
Readers do not have to worry about visualizing the characters’ appearances.
Readers can creatively interpret and visualize stage directions in their minds.
Readers do not have to imagine the sounds that accompany characters’ actions.
Readers can focus on the words, rather than the actions, of the characters.

Me for the love of god. i've been working on this assignment for 3 days and i don't understand the speeches at all ive read both 4 times over and i don't understand either of them if your right i will give you brainlest (i think that's how you spell it) and 99 pts. for this assignment, you will write an evaluation of either of two historic passages. • patrick henry’s “give me liberty, or give me death! ” speech (1775) • frederick douglass’s address, “what to the slave is the fourth of july? ” (1852) 1. what is the speaker’s viewpoint? what is his claim? type your answer here. (score for question 2: of 2 points) 2. what reasons does the speaker provide to support his viewpoint or claim? type your answer here. (score for question 3: of 4 points) 3. how valid are the speaker’s reasons for his claim? use evidence from the text to support your answer. type your answer here. (score for question 4: of 2 points) 4. what evidence does the speaker provide to support his reasons? type your answer here. (score for question 5: of 4 points) 5. is the speaker’s evidence relevant and sufficient? use evidence from the text to support your answer. type your answer here. (score for question 6: of 4 points) 6. does the speaker use fallacious reasoning or logical fallacies? use evidence from the text to support your answers. type your answer here. (score for question 7: of 4 points) 7. what counterclaims or alternate claims does the speaker address, and how does he respond to them? type your answer here. (score for question 8: of 4 points) 8. how effective is the speaker’s response to counterclaims or alternate claims? use evidence from the text to support your answer. type your answer here. (score for question 9: of 4 points) 9. write a one-paragraph evaluation of the speaker’s argument. type your answer here.