Read the excerpt from an adaptation of "To Build a Fire.” Now, high up in the tree, a bough capsized its load of snow; this fell on the boughs beneath, growing like an avalanche, until it descended without warning upon the man and the fire, and the fire was blotted out!

What statement best describes the point of view of this excerpt?

It is a first-person point of view, and the dog is the narrator.
It is a first-person point of view, and the man is the narrator.
It is a third-person limited point of view that presents the facts of the story.
It is a third-person omniscient point of view that reveals thoughts and fears.

"and these i address to all females that would be married, or are already so; not that i suppose their sex more faulty than the other, and most to want advice, for i assure [women], upon my honour, i believe the quite contrary; but the reason is, because i esteem them better disposed to receive and practice it, and therefore am willing to begin, where i may promise myself the best success." this statement from franklin's "rules and maxims for promoting matrimonial happiness" best demonstrates his use of criticism to argue his point his use of common sense to appeal to women his use of flattery to gain women's attention his use of facts to prove his point