Short-response prompt (15 points)Read the folowing passage from Jonathan Swift's essay 'A Modest Proposal": I shall now therefore humbly propose my own thoughts, which I hope will not be
liable to the least objection.
Ihave been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London,
that a young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing
and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no
doubt that it will equally serve in a fricasie, or a ragoust.
I do therefore humbly offer it to publick consideration, that of the hundred and
twenty thousand children, already computed, twenty thousand may be reserved for
breedThat the remaining hundred thousand may, ata year old, be offered in
sale to the persons of quality and fortune, through the kingdom, always advising
the mother to let them syck plentifully in the last month, so as to render them
plump, and fat fora good table.
Write a short arqument responding to these questions: What point does Swift want to make in the
passage, and does he use satire effectively to make that point? Be sure to include a clear claim and to
respond to at least one counterclaim. Use specific details from the passage to develop your arqument.

"the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower, comes a pause in the day's occupations, that is known as the children's hour. i hear in the chamber above me the patter of little feet, the sound of a door that is opened, and voices soft and sweet. from my study i see in the lamplight, descending the broad hall stair, grave alice, and laughing allegra, and edith with golden hair. a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! they climb up into my turret o'er the arms and back of my chair; if i try to escape, they surround me; they seem to be everywhere. they almost devour me with kisses, their arms about me entwine, till i think of the bishop of bingen in his mouse-tower on the rhine! do you think, o blue-eyed banditti, because you have scaled the wall, such an old mustache as i am is not a match for you all! i have you fast in my fortress, and will not let you depart, but put you down into the dungeon in the round-tower of my heart. and there will i keep you forever, yes, forever and a day, till the walls shall crumble to ruin, and moulder in dust away! which literary device does longfellow use most frequently in the poem? a. simile b. metaphor c. repetition d. personification

Read the excerpt from the declaration of independence. governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. what is the author’s purpose in this excerpt? to inform readers about different systems of government to inform readers about recent governmental reforms to persuade readers of the need for governmental change to persuade readers to petition their local governments

Which sentence should gail insert before sentence 13 to provide an additional detail that supports the main point of the paragraph? a. stanton and mott agreed on most issues, but disagreed on a few important points. b. stanton had a stern husband who did not approve of her feminist views, while mott s husband was very supportive. both women developed a dislike of curtains and removed all the draperies from their homes. d. partly due to poor long-distance communication, they were not able to act immediately on their plans.