Answers Summer School 26 Literature Composition IIAnalyzing an Autobiographical Essay

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Use the drop-down menus to choose the answer that best completes each sentence about chapter 17 of The Prince. Machiavelli’s claim in this chapter is that a prince must be . Machiavelli’s specific purpose in this chapter is to .

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Selection 1:merciful when possible but cruel when necessary

Selection 2:persuade readers that a prince must be somewhat cruel

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Which statement best summarizes the argument in the passage?

A cruel leader will prevent subjects from living in a place of crime and violence.

A cruel leader will cause subjects to commit crime and violence in rebellion.

A cruel leader will execute subjects who are guilty of committing crime and violence.

A cruel leader who is faced with crime and violence must unite subjects.

What kind of reasoning does Machiavelli use in this excerpt?

He uses inductive reasoning because he offers statistics to prove his claim.

He uses inductive reasoning because he observes a pattern and proves a conclusion.

He uses deductive reasoning because he relies on scientific experiments to prove a conclusion.

He uses deductive reasoning because he introduces a conclusion and proves it with evidence.

anecdotal empirical ✔ logical

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Which words in the passage have negative connotations? How do the words with negative connotations support the claim?

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Selection 1:inhuman, cruelty, rebelled

Selection 2:by defining the actions of a leader who is to be feared

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by stressing the need to be loved by subjectsby causing readers to fear powerful leaders✔ by using a historical event to prove the claim

by stressing the need to be loved by subjects

by causing readers to fear powerful leaders

by using a historical event to prove the claim

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