2. (1) It is difficult to do the intense, active thinking that clear writing demands. (2) (Perhaps television has made us all so passive that the active thinking necessary in both writing and reading now seems doubly hard.) (3) It is frightening to sit down before a blank sheet of paper and know that an hour later, nothing on it may be worth keeping. (4) It is frustrating to discover how much of a challenge it is to transfer thoughts and feelings from one's head onto a sheet of paper. (5) It is upsetting to find that an apparently simple writing assignment often turns out to be complicated. (6) But writing is not an automatic process: we will not get something for nothing, and we cannot expect something for nothing. The implied main idea of the selection is
a. Writing is hard work.

b. Writing offers rich rewards.

c. Anything worthwhile requires patience and effort.

d. Television is making active thinking more difficult than ever.

today we'd use social media to quickly spread a controversial idea, but in the eighteenth century, the printed pamphlet was highly effective. and thomas paine took full advantage of it. on january 9, 1776, when paine published his pamphlet, "common sense," he wanted to push the american people toward independence from britain. it ultimately ignite the american revolution. thomas paine argued that the monarchy was evil and should be rejected as a form of government. to underscore his point, he cited the bible to argue his case -- in judges 8: 22-23: "the israelites said to gideon, 'rule over us, you and your son and your ' gideon told them, 'i will not rule over you. the lord will rule over you'" (nrsv).

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- "d.)  describe the iroquois belief of how the earth was created. for the iroquois, there was no reason to explain the importance of rituals. also, as animists, they didn't need a special elaboration as to why animals are important or why they had a crucial role in the earth's creation. this is just an authentic myth that explains the creation of the earth. every culture has produced creation myths."