Which statement best summarizes the central idea of
this excerpt?
There are fewer difficulties in holding hereditary states,
and those long accustomed to the family of their prince,
than new ones; for it is sufficient only not to transgress
the customs of his ancestors, and to deal prudently with
circumstances as they arise, for a prince of average
powers to maintain himself in his state, unless he be
deprived of it by some extraordinary and excessive force;
and if he should be so deprived of it, whenever anything
sinister happens to the usurper, he will regain it.
- The Prince,
Niccolò Machiavelli
Hereditary principalities are easier for princes to
keep and control.
Hereditary princes are better at ruling with fairness
and justice.
It is best for a hereditary prince to maintain the
customs of his ancestors.
If an outsider takes a hereditary state, the hereditary
prince will regain it.

Match the definition or example to the term.

Writers try to let us know what is central to their writing. when we notice words such as "meanwhile," "afterward," "before," or "previously," an author is letting us know the order in which events happen. a paragraph that mostly uses these key words is arranged in what structural form?

Read and key the following paragraph. 1"the final phase of franklin's public service is themost spectacular. 2after his return to america he waselected to the second continental congress and served withjefferson and john adams on the committee which drafted thedeclaration of independence. 3then, in 1776, he wasappointed one of the three commissioners to seek military andnaval assistance from france. 4for nearly ten years pariswas his center of operations, and, in large part because ofhis personal popularity, he secured the much-needed supportof france and spain and eventually negotiate thetreaty of paris (1783), by which england recognized americanindependence. 5when he returned to america in 1785 he wasold and ill, yet he found strength to serve as a delegate tothe constitutional convention, and to continue his work withmany humanitarian and scientific societies." type the key words for sentence's 2. 3. 4. 5.