Read the following scene from the little foxes. ben. (very jovial) i suppose i have been. and why not? horace has done hubbard sons many a good turn. why shouldn’t i be anxious to him now? regina. (laughs) him! him when you need him, that’s what you mean. ben. what a woman you married, horace. (laughs awkwardly when horace does not answer) well, then i’ll make it quick. you know what i’ve been telling you for years. how i’ve always said that every one of us little southern businessmen had great things—(extends his arm)—right beyond our finger tips. it’s been my dream: my dream to make those fingers grow longer: i’m a lucky man, horace, a lucky man. to dream and to live to get what you’ve dreamed of. that’s my idea of a lucky man. (looks at his fingers as his arm drops slowly) for thirty years i’ve cried bring the cotton mills to the cotton. (horace opens medicine bottle). well, finally i got up nerve to go to marshall company in chicago. what would be similar about a stage and a film interpretation of this scene? viewers would have to infer the emotions and motivations of ben and regina. viewers would have to envision the physical descriptions of ben and regina. viewers would have to imagine the few props being used by ben and regina. viewers would have to visualize the actions and movements of ben and regina.

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1. drag the central argument paine presents and its two claims to complete the chart. argument claims america may have flourished more had it not been under the power of any european country. america may have flourished under britain in the past, but there is no guarantee that it will continue to flourish in the future. america will continue to flourish as long as the essential food products it sells are bought and eaten in europe. the american colonies will no longer flourish when britain makes war against them. britain's king has shown himself to be prejudiced against the colonies, rather than wanting them to flourish.

2.select the sentence in this passage that can be classified as a false statement.

although few humans per year are attacked by polar bears, any individual attack can be terrifying and even fatal. the warming of arctic regions has allowed the intrusion of humans into the polar bears’ habitat, increasing the danger of harmful contacts. remaining alert and using precautions can humans avoid a negative encounter with a polar bear. traveling together and staying close to the group can humans avoid bear attacks. certain weapons, including nonlethal ones such as pepper spray, are effective against polar bears. once a bear has decided to attack, however, nothing can be done.

3.select the sentence in this passage that demonstrates the fallacy of making an extreme either-or claim.

the civil war was the bloodiest conflict in the history of the united states. more than 600,000 soldiers lost their lives. the fighting took place in many different cities and throughout the countryside. the wounded often suffered acute pain while in the field hospitals. they all should have asked for better care. william hammond, the surgeon general of the union army, created a new system of sanitary field care. if people do not accept hammond as the most important person from the civil war, they have no understanding of the war.