Imagine you are a member of the british parliament at the time when the declaration of independence was written. you have been tasked to write a reply to the declaration, which will be delivered to the colonies. write an essay (three paragraphs) presenting counterarguments to the key points in the declaration of independence. cite textual evidence from the declaration to support your counterarguments. be sure to include an introduction, body, and conclusion to your essay, and keep in mind your intended audience. finally, develop and strengthen your writing as needed with planning, revising, and editing.

Your response should address key points in the Declaration of Independence, create counterarguments to those points, and support your response with textual evidence. Notable points in the Declaration of Independence you could address with counterarguments include the following:

The king is a tyrant who has established absolute despotism over the colonies.

The king of Great Britain has repeatedly abused and exploited the rights of the colonists.

The petitions of the colonists have been ignored or met with even more severe abuses.

The British Parliament has ignored the suffering of the colonists.

The American colonies have a right to attain freedom from British rule.

Explanation:

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

"the monkey's paw" is a rare story in that the theme is actually stated in the story. sgt. maj. morris tells the whites that the old fakir who put the spell on the paw said, "fate rules people's lives and those who interfere with fate do so to their sorrow." the message is a warning, but mr. white doesn't believe it. even though sgt. maj. morris makes it clear that he tried wishing with unfortunate results and he tries to throw the paw on the fire,   mr. white makes a wish for 200 pounds only to find that he receives the money when herbert dies in a factory accident. according to the fakir, then, because mr. white had wished for something he should not have had, his son lost his life.

the second wish that mrs. white encourages him to make is for herbert's return--one week after his death. when the strange knocking begins at the door during the windy night, mr. white panicks, believing that the previously dead but still mangled herbert could have walked home from the cemetary and is now at the door. because he fears what his wife will find if she opens the door, mr. white makes his third wish--for the noise to stop.

therefore, he uses his three wishes and to his sorrow, loses his son and disappoints his wife, who fervently believed that their son was at the door. she wanted him back, regardless of his condition.

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