Read the passage. The young man wanted to be a knight more than anything. But the swords were so heavy that every time he tried to pick one up, he fell over. So, the young man asked an older knight to train him. Although it would cost the older knight great effort and time, he said yes.

The young man worked each day until he was exhausted. Once he even fell asleep in his dinner! But by the end of the year, he could lift and swing a sword. By the next year, the young man fought so well that he saved the older knight’s life.

What theme can the reader determine from the events with the older knight?

a)Always be kindhearted to others.
b)Never allow yourself to be weak.
c)Never attempt to become a knight.
d)Always work until you are exhausted.

What does the morality play everyman say about fate and free will? develop a short response using examples from the text to support your answer.

Read the excerpt from frederick douglass’s speech “what to the slave is the fourth of july? ”go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the old world, travel through south america, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, america reigns without a rival.what is one way that douglass achieves his purpose of persuading the reader to see his point of view? by relating as many facts and statistics to the reader as possibleby using familiar and casual language to make the reader feel comfortableby using gentle language to evoke a sense of calm and tranquilityby repeating the word “you” to directly relate to the reader

Which of these sentences uses parallel structure