Which sentence in this excerpt from Patrick Henry's famous "liberty or death" speech at the Second Virginia Convention in 1775 emphasizes the American colonists’ efforts to avoid war? Speech to the Second Virginia Convention by Patrick Henry (excerpt)

Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves. Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne! In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free—if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending—if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained—we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!

who, whom, whose, which, and that are used to introduce dependent clauses and are called _____. relative pronouns indefinite pronouns intensive pronouns personal pronouns

According to Aristotle, a great playwright does not need the element of __________.spectacle
plot
character
thought

Read the description of a type of reasoning. applies broad knowledge to specific examples What is being described? abductive reasoning deductive reasoning inductive reasoning productive reasoning

In a few sentences, describe how you would test a book to determine if it contains the qualities of "good literature".

According to one of the rubrics, it’s important to use __________________ in a persuasive speech that the audience will understand.

I remember distinctly the thrill of climbing aboard a U.S. Army helicopter in the cool of the morning and taking off across the rice fields with a South Vietnamese battalion for a day’s jousting with the Vietcong guerillas. There was hope then that the non-Communist Vietnamese might win their war. I was proud of the young American pilots sitting at the controls in the cockpit and I was grateful for the opportunity to witness this adventure and to report it. We are fighting now, I used to think, and some day we will triumph and this will be a better country. Which choice best describes how the author builds conflict in this excerpt?

A. He reflects back and describes his initial optimism of the war.
B. He makes predictions about the possible outcomes of the war.
C. He criticizes the US government for becoming involved in the war.
D. He shares his hopes for the non-Communist Vietnamese.