1. Read the following paragraph from "Resistance to Civil Government by Henry David Thoreau:
This American government, -what is it but a tradition, though a
recent one, endeavoring to transmit itself unimpaired to posterity,
but each Instant losing some of its integrity? It has not the vitality
and force of a single living man; for a single man can bend it to
his will. It is a sort of wooden gun to the people themselves. But
it is not the less necessary for this, for the people must have
some complicated machinery or other, and hear its din, to satisfy
that idea of government which they have. Governments show
thus how successfully men can be imposed upon, even impose
on themselves, for their own advantage. It is excellent, we must
all allow. Yet this government never of itself furthered any
enterprise, but by the alacrity with which it got out of its way. It
does not keep the country free. It does not settle the West. It
does not educate. The character inherent in the American people
has done all that has been accomplished; and it would have done
somewhat more, if the government had not sometimes got in its
way. For government is an expedient, by which men would fain
succeed in letting one another alone; and, as has been said, when
It is most expedient, the governed are most let alone by it.
Analyze the rhetorical style of this paragraph. How does the style contribute to the
essay's power? In particular, consider its parallelism and figurative language in
formulating your response. Be sure to include specific details from the text to
support your answer

Read the excerpt from the war of the worlds, in which the crowd begins to disperse just before the first martian exits the cylinder.when i returned to the common the sun was setting. scattered groups were hurrying from the direction of woking, and one or two persons were returning. the crowd about the pit had increased, and stood out black against the lemon yellow of the sky—a couple of hundred people, perhaps. there were raised voices, and some sort of struggle appeared to be going on about the pit. strange imaginings passed through my mind. as i drew nearer i heard stent's voice: "keep back! keep back! "a boy came running towards me."it's a-movin'," he said to me as he passed; 'a-screwin' and a-screwin' out. i don't like it. i'm a-goin' 'ome, i am."what options accurately depict the impact of the boy's words on pacing within the excerpt? (select all that apply.)the war of the worldsthe setting is in england, so the boy's words provide the reader with the dialect of the area. even though that slows down the plot, the boy's words contain important information.the plot's forward movement is slow at the beginning of the excerpt because there is little action. the boy's words increase the tension and counteract that lag.the narrator is not close enough to see clearly into the pit, so the boy's words provide the narrator with the information he needs, which moves the plot forward.the boy's words serve to speed up the pacing of the plot because, as he is talking to the narrator, he is running past him to get away.the narrator is not close enough to see clearly into the pit, so the boy's words provide the narrator with the information he needs, which moves the plot forward.wrong? the boy's words serve to speed up the pacing of the plot because, as he is talking to the narrator, he is running past him to get away.