Read the excerpt from a poem a student wrote.

i saw a man who had a dog.
she wanted nothing that i had.
i saw a woman with a frog
she smiled but seemed a little sad.
i wonder if i'll ever know,
i wonder if i'll ever see,
where man and woman had to go,
if man and woman would be

which word completes the rhyme scheme?

free
find
bow
bad

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).

which is a characteristic of dramatic point of view? it allows the audience to get deep inside a character's head. it often uses the pronouns i and me. it more easily allows the audience to make up their own minds about characters.