A: He uses logos to convince the reader of his point.

C: Swift uses a false premise to create humor.

A: the similarities in the wording.

A: He uses logos to convince the reader of his point.

C: Swift uses a false premise to create humor.

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Read the two passages from Of the Wisdom of the Ancients.Passage 1:The fable relates to the cradle and infancy of nature, and pierces deep. This Love I understand to be the appetite or instinct of primal matter; or to speak more plainly, the natural motion of the atom; which is indeed the original and unique force that constitutes and fashions all things out of matter.Passage 2:Let us now consider his attributes. He is described with great elegance as a little child, and a child for ever; for things compounded are larger and are affected by age; whereas the primary seeds of things, or atoms, are minute and remain in perpetual infancy.

Passage 1 explains his central idea, while passage 2 supports it.

Passage 1 provides a counter argument, while passage 2 disproves it.

Passage 1 supports the central idea, while passage 2 explains what the central idea is.

Passage 1 lists a supporting example, while passage 2 provides a counter argument.

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Read the passage from Of the Wisdom of the Ancients.Now the philosophy of the Greeks, which in investigating the material principles of things is careful and acute, in inquiring the principles of motion, wherein lies all vigour of operation, is negligent and languid; and on the point now in question seems to be altogether blind and babbling; for that opinion of the Peripatetics which refers the original impulse of matter to privation, is little more than words—a name for the thing rather than a description of it.

the philosophy of the Greeks, which in investigating the material principles of things is careful and acute

in inquiring the principles of motion, wherein lies all vigour of operation, is negligent and languid

refers the original impulse of matter to privation

a name for the thing rather than a description of it

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To determine the central idea of An Essay on Man, what should the reader do first?

paraphrase the author’s argument

locate key details

decide the author’s message

identify the topic

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Read the passage from Gulliver's Travels.There was a most ingenious architect, who had contrived a new method for building houses, by beginning at the roof, and working downward to the foundation.

In his travels, Gulliver is fooled by a silly architect he meets.

When he meets a ridiculous architect, Gulliver is oddly impressed.

Gulliver encounters an architect who builds houses from the top down.

Gulliver meets an architect who has a crazy way of building houses.

Read the excerpt from Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, An African.I am sure you will applaud me for beseeching you to give one half hour's attention to slavery, as it is at this day practised in our West Indies.—That subject, handled in your striking manner, would ease the yoke (perhaps) of many—

Sterne needs to stop supporting slavery.

Sterne could use his writing to free many enslaved people.

Sterne should write a letter in support of slavery.

Sterne has to free some of the enslaved people who work for him.

Read the excerpt from "A Modest Proposal."A very worthy person, a true lover of his country, and whose virtues I highly esteem, was lately pleased, in discoursing on this matter, to offer a refinement upon my scheme. He said, that many gentlemen of this kingdom, having of late destroyed their deer, he conceived that the want of venison might be well supply'd by the bodies of young lads and maidens.

this man truly is virtuous and patriotic, so Swift is surprised by the man’s support of eating children to solve the poverty issue.

anyone who is truly virtuous or patriotic would not suggest using children for food, so Swift means the opposite of what he says.

this man is a close friend of Swift’s, so Swift is just expressing his personal thoughts and feelings about the man’s character.

anyone who tries to better his country must be virtuous and patriotic, so Swift is simply explaining what is already obvious to the reader.

Read the excerpt from the Declaration of Independence.Nor have We been wanting in attention to our Brittish brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity.

to inform readers about British immigration to the colonies

to convince readers that Britain has treated the colonists unfairly

to inform readers about specific acts of British military aggression

to convince readers that American colonists should be tried in Britain

Read the excerpt from A History of Women’s Suffrage by Stanton, Anthony, and Gage.The broader demand for political rights has not commanded the thought its merits and dignity should have secured. While complaining of many wrongs and oppressions, women themselves did not see that the political disability of sex was the cause of all their special grievances, and that to secure equality anywhere, it must be recognized everywhere. Like all disfranchised classes, they begun by asking to have certain

Women should try to speak up in public.

Women’s personal dignity is not respected.

Women have many complaints that they want to voice.

Women’s lack of political rights is the root of their troubles.

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