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Read the play.

The Beggar and the King

by Winthrop Parkhurst

[A chamber in the palace overlooks a courtyard. The season is midsummer. The windows of the palace are open, and from a distance there comes the sound of a man's voice crying for bread.]

[THE KING sits in a golden chair. A golden crown is on his head, and he holds in his hand a sceptre which is also of gold. A SERVANT stands by his side, fanning him with an enormous fan of peacock feathers.]

THE BEGGAR: (outside) Bread. Bread. Bread. Give me some bread.

THE KING: (languidly) Who is that crying in the street for bread?

THE SERVANT: (fanning) O king, it is a beggar.

THE KING: Why does he cry for bread?

THE SERVANT: O king, he cries for bread in order that he may fill his belly.

THE KING: I do not like the sound of his voice. It annoys me very much. Send him away.

THE SERVANT: (bowing) O king, he has been sent away.

THE KING: If that is so, then why do I hear his voice?

THE SERVANT: O king, he has been sent away many times, yet each time that he is sent away he returns again, crying louder than he did before.

THE KING: He is very unwise to annoy me on such a warm day. He must be punished for his impudence. Use the lash on him.

THE SERVANT: O king, it has been done.

THE KING: Then bring out the spears.

THE SERVANT: O king, the guards have already bloodied their swords many times driving him away from the palace gates. But it is of no avail.

THE KING: Then bind him and gag him if necessary. If need be cut out his tongue. I do not like the sound of the fellow's voice. It annoys me very much.

THE SERVANT: O king, thy orders were obeyed even yesterday.

THE KING: (frowning) No. That cannot be. A beggar cannot cry for bread who has no tongue.

THE SERVANT: Behold he can—if he has grown another.

THE KING: What! Why, men are not given more than one tongue in a lifetime. To have more than one tongue is treason.

THE SERVANT: If it is treason to have more than one tongue, O king, then is this beggar surely guilty of treason?

THE KING: (pompously) The punishment for treason is death. See to it that the fellow is slain. And do not fan me so languidly. I am very warm.

THE SERVANT: (fanning more rapidly) Behold, O great and illustrious king, all thy commands were obeyed even yesterday.

THE KING: How! Do not jest with thy king.

THE SERVANT: If I jest, then there is truth in a jest. Even yesterday, O king, as I have told thee, the beggar which thou now hearest crying aloud in the street was slain by thy soldiers with a sword.

THE KING: Do ghosts eat bread? Forsooth, men who have been slain with a sword do not go about in the streets crying for a piece of bread.

THE SERVANT: Forsooth, they do if they are fashioned as this beggar.

THE KING: Why, he is but a man. Surely he cannot have more than one life in a lifetime.

THE SERVANT: Listen to a tale, O king, which happened yesterday.

THE KING: I am listening.

THE SERVANT: Thy soldiers smote this beggar for crying aloud in the streets for bread, but his wounds are already healed. They cut out his tongue, but he immediately grew another. They slew him, yet he is now alive.

THE KING: Ah! That is a tale which I cannot understand at all.
In The Beggar and the King, what do the servant's responses to the king reveal about the servant?

He believes that the king is unfit to rule.

He is baffled by the beggar's return.

He is protective of the king's feelings.

He feels badly for the beggar's fate.

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Answer 1
I believe the answer is that he is baffled by the beggars return, as it does not seem that he feels bad and doesn’t seem protective of the kings feelings. Plus he doesn’t act like he wants the king gone.
Answer 2

He is baffled by the beggar's return was in the Beggar and the King, what do the servant's responses to the king reveal about the servant. Thus, option (b) is correct.

What is servant?

The term servant refers to serve the owner and the guest. The servant is to serve the owner. The servant is the well treated to the guest. The servant is the always respect to the owner. The servant is in the well treated to the audience.

The baffled by the beggar's return are the described of the king characters. The king was the good in the human being. There was in the servant's responses to the revealed of the servant in the life. The servant is the always in the give the treated to the represented, the king.

As  a result, He is baffled by the beggar's return was in the Beggar and the King, what do the servant's responses to the king reveal about the servant. Therefore, option (b) is correct.

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Which excerpt from this passage contains an analogy?

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Answer:

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Explanation:

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1.How is evaluating an argument different from analyzing it?

2.
How might several errors in the conventions of standard written English negatively affect a writer's credibility?

3.
What must you do to analyze an argument?
Look at each part of the argument separately and then as a group.
Examine the author's purpose and audience and compare them to the author's claim.
Look at each part of the argument, as well as the author's purpose and audience.
Examine the author's purpose and audience and figure out how they are related.
4.
If you do not have any experience in an area, what is one other way to establish credibility in a persuasive essay?

5.
What should be included in the body paragraphs of a persuasive essay?
the thesis statement
the introduction to the paper and the conclusion
the three main reasons that support the thesis
the conclusion of the paper
6.
What is one way that writers try to establish credibility about a topic?
by explaining the topic so thoroughly that the audience is convinced
by using informal language that connects with the audience
by adjusting their tone through word choices and sentence structure
by describing what they know about the topic
7.
How does fallacious reasoning ruin the validity of an argument?
It tries to persuade by using reasoning that is not sound or logical.
It persuades people to accept the author's claim without proof.
It convinces people to accept evidence in support of a claim.
It uses emotions rather than logic to convince people of a claim.
8.
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Some people do not appreciate these high-tech efforts to keep us safe. Instead, they focus on exaggerated fears of a surveillance state in which the government watches everyone all the time.

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Donnelly is drawing conclusions about surveillance cameras that aren't based on logical causes.
Donnelly is using general statements about surveillance that cannot be verified or supported by facts.
He is using an ad hominem fallacy to attack his opponents rather than presenting reasons for his claim.
He is not addressing the real issue of how to protect people's privacy because he is bringing up other unrelated issues.
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Why is it always a bad idea to use ad hominem in an argument?

10.
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I'm sorry you feel so about it,—indeed I am, said Mr. Shelby; and I respect your feelings, too, though I don't pretend to share them to their full extent; but I tell you now, solemnly, it's of no use—I can't help myself. I didn't mean to tell you this Emily; but, in plain words, there is no choice between selling these two and selling everything. Either they must go, or all must. Haley has come into possession of a mortgage, which, if I don't clear off with him directly, will take everything before it. I've raked, and scraped, and borrowed, and all but begged,—and the price of these two was needed to make up the balance, and I had to give them up. Haley fancied the child; he agreed to settle the matter that way, and no other. I was in his power, and had to do it. If you feel so to have them sold, would it be any better to have all sold?

You might remember that the author of this passage was bitterly opposed to slavery. What response was she hoping her readers would have to Mr. Shelby's logic?

They would agree that selling the slaves was necessary but extremely unfortunate.
They would find Mr. Shelby's decision cruel in spite of the reason he gives for the decision.
They would believe that Mr. Shelby could easily find a way to make everyone happy.
They would agree with Mr. Shelby that he had no other choice than to sell the slaves.

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Answer:

1) When you are evaluating arguments, you are deciding if you have been persuaded by the arguments. Analysing the claim is the first step, but even justified claims can fail to persuade you if you have read other counter-arguments. When evaluating arguments you are bringing in your wider reading of the literature.

Explanation:

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Explanation:

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1.Choose the adverb and then decide which adjective it modifies in the sentence below.

Grandpa cooked a really great meal.



2.Choose the adverb and then decide which adjective it modifies in the sentence below.

The small child left a fairly clean room.


3.Choose the adverb and then decide which adjective it modifies in the sentence below.

The teacher raised her eyebrows when she saw a badly torn paper.



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Answer:

Explanation:

Really - great

Adverb - fairly   adjective - Clean

Badly - Torn

I think that's correct, hopefully

Hurriedly - Swept

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b - neighbors, have been behaving, on our block, in the early hours, of the morning
c - neighbors, have been behaving, oddly in the early hours, of the morning
d - block, have been, on our block, in the early hours, of the morning.

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1: greater

2:lower

3:higher

Answer:

1. the high tides would become Higher

2. Low tides would become Lower

3. The force of gravity is Greater

Explanation:

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Answer:

I think its A

Explanation:

the def of volition is: the faculty or power of using one's will.

and the def of reluctance is: unwillingness or disinclination to do something.

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Answer:

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Explanation:

The statement Dr. Seuss is making about the Cold War is regarding the dangerous effects of using the nuclear weapons in the war.

What is Cold War ?

Cold War was the decades-long struggles between the United States and the Soviet Union, for supremacy, which was held after World War II.

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