2. PART B: Which TWO of the following quotes best support the answer to Part A?
O A "Our life is frittered away by detail... Simplicity,
simplicity, simplicity!" ( Paragraph 2)
B "Men think that it is essential that the Nation have
commerce, and export ice, and talk through a telegraph,
and ride thirty miles an hour" ( Paragraph 2)
O c "Why should we live with such hurry and waste of life?
We are determined to be starved before we are hungry."
( Paragraph 3)
OD "Hardly a man takes a half-hour's nap after dinner, but
when he wakes he holds up his head and asks, 'What's
the news?'" ( Paragraph 3)
O E "For my part, I could easily do without the post-office. I
think that there are very few important communications
made through it." ( Paragraph 4)
OF "Men esteem truth remote, in the outskirts of the
system, behind the farthest star, before Adam and after
the last man." ( Paragraph 6)

What is another word for opinion in a persuasive argument

When i was young enough to still spend a long time buttoning my shoes in the morning, i'd listen toward the hall: daddy upstairs was shaving, in the bathroom, and mother downstairs was frying the bacon. they would begin whispering back and forth to each other up and down the stairwell. my father would whistle his phrase, my mother would try to whistle, then hum hers backi drew my buttonhook in and out and listened to it -know it was "the merry widow." the difference was, their song almost floated with laughter. how different from the record, which growled from the beginning, as if the victrola were only slowly being wound up. they kept it running between them, up and down the stairs where i was now just about ready to run clattering down and show them my shoes. what is the effect of the parallelism used in the above excerpt? it establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song. it expresses the same ideas. it mirrors opposite ideas. it is a paradox.

Wichita mourning david matherne pipe organs—dusty and tarnished— bellowed the ancient song, as movers carried the pews for one last time. frozen branches—heavy with ice arms— 5 couldn’t perform their dance, as workmen shuffled inside the worn-out floors. sally richards—broken and mourning— watched while her father left, 10 as painters brought in their cans for the first time. stained-glass windows—buckled and broken— surveyed commotion’s cause as commerce won in the end 15 yet one more time. reverend richards—feeble and finished— cried as his exit was lost on christians who worshiped the dime; a change of the times. 20 which of these best summarizes the author's style in this poem? a) each of the five stanzas contains internal rhyme and consistent rhythm. b) each of the five stanzas contains an end rhyme describing a different character. c) each of the five stanzas contains assonance followed by a dash, then a description of the old church. d) each of the five stanzas introduces a character followed by a dash, then a description of that character. 3) in the first line of each stanza, the author follows the pattern of a noun followed by a pair of adjectives. what is the purpose of this pattern? a) the author hopes to create a peaceful feeling for the readers. b) the object and its adjectives are used to create a sense of progress. c) the author uses the pattern to create vivid pictures in the reader's mind. d) the author uses the pattern of man and nature to show the impact of this event.