Read the passage from "Optimism." How does Keller use evidence to address the
underlined counterclaim?
My life was without past or future, death, the pessimist
would say, "a consummation devoutly to be wished.”
But a little word from the fingers of another fell into my
hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped
to the rapture of living. Night fled before the day of
thought, and love and joy and hope came up in a
passion of obedience to knowledge.
O She suggests a hypothetical situation to illustrate
how dark life would be without the benefit of
optimism.
O She uses an example from her own life to illustrate
why she is able to be optimistic despite her
circumstances.
O She explains the facts of her physical limitations to
shed light on the importance of considering
pessimism.
O She cites a quotation from an expert to lend
credibility to the idea that pessimism sometimes has
its merits.
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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.