Read these sentences from the excerpt: if the first king was taken by lot, it establishes a precedent for the next, which excludes hereditary succession. saul was by lot, yet the succession was not hereditary, neither does it appear from that transaction there was any intention it ever should. how does paine's use of allusion to saul being chosen king advance his point that history is against the hereditary succession of kingship? it supports the idea that the english king has a stronger right by hereditary succession than saul did by lot. it lets him present a supporting example from the bible that his readers would greatly respect. it shows that people who are well-versed in the bible tend to oppose hereditary kingship. it means the piece of evidence he is currently presenting will be stronger than his opponents' evidence.

both the address and the poster use diction to convey their message. diction is defined as a style of writing or speaking based on the types of words chosen in order to send a message. parallelism is when a similar sentence structure is used for several sentences on a text; roosevelt's address doesn't follow that. repetition has to do with repeating a word or sentence in order to emphasize and idea, however neither the poster nor the address use repetion. finally, the address doesn't use images to convey a message.

the word that best matches the meaning of the expression "went to the big ocean" is died.

the goldfish died, which is why the father looks at the children mournfully. the "big ocean" is the father's way of saying fish heaven. he could have just said that the goldfish died, but this way, the children imagine the fish in a bigger, better place instead of just picturing a dead fish.

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