When writing a literary analysis, you must first decide on your claim, or your central idea, about the literary elements or techniques you are writing about. Which of these statements best summarizes the writer's claim in "Young Sam Clemens on the Mississippi"? A In Life on the Mississippi, Samuel Clemens used a variety of nonfiction techniques to report his experiences as a young pilot. B Before Samuel Clemens wrote Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, he worked as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River. C Samuel Clemens was such a good author that he could write an interesting story about his life as a young steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River. D In Life on the Mississippi, Samuel Clemens made his experiences as a steamboat pilot dramatic with fiction techniques such as dialogue and humor.

the rhetorical devices that he used in "common sense" are syntax for his sentence structure and pathos for his emotion against the british unfairly treating the "americans" and logos of what documents that what happened to the pilgrims when they had the mayflower compact and how that the british were wanting to have one religion but the compact said for any religion to be accepted.

each year on this day, i make it a point to listen to dr. martin luther king jr.’s great “i have a dream” speech. it’s electrifying every single time.

the content of dr. king’s speech, his inspiring presence, and the moment in history all came together to make the iconic “i have a dream” speech the defining moment of the american civil rights movement. but there are several other reasons why this speech, delivered over 50 years ago, remains an example of one of the best speeches in american history.

since part of my job is to people become better presenters, i’ve noticed several techniques that we can all learn from and be inspired by in this magnificent speech.

it’s anchored in a powerful related location

in most cases, you can’t handpick the spot to give a presentation, as mlk did for supreme symbolic effect when he stood on the steps of the lincoln memorial and echoed the opening words of the gettysburg address (“five score years ago . . ). but you absolutely can amplify your message by adapting it to your setting and location.

b. failure at least that one seems the most negative out of all of the answers provided pls correct me if i'm wrong. : ))