From the story’s “letter to Thomas Jefferson” by Benjamin Banneker and “canto’s letter to the Pennsylvania assembly” by Cato what is one way in which both Banneker and Cato support their arguments?

A. Both Emphasize words from the declaration of independence in support of their position.
B. Both focus on the humanity of people as the primary reason there should be no laws for slavery.
C. Both conclude by making the argument a moral question instead of a legal one.
D. Both emphasize the helplessness of the speakers in their need for assistance from others.

compare & contrast informative essay/speech

when speaking or writing for the sole purpose of providing information in order to give audience members a good basis for making a decision, you would present an informative speech or essay.   because you wouldn’t want to be persuading the audience by arguing for one type of exercise over the other, you wouldn’t choose a persuasive/argumentative technique.   to fairly, and without bias, present information about the pros and cons of each type exercise, a compare/contrast, informative speech/essay would be the best bet.

d. murder of a son and cooking the son for a feast

procne murdered her son and served him to tereus, her husband and her son's father. she did this out of revenge. tereus raped her sister, philomela, and cut her tongue out to keep her from talking. philomela managed to communicate it to procne and procne sought revenge.

tantalus murdered his son and fed him to the gods because he was angry with the gods. the gods punished him by putting him in a pool of water that evaporates when he tries to drink and having fruit hang just out of his reach.

d. lennie pats too hard, and then panics.