The Golden Touch 1. Review and Clarify With your group, reread paragraph 2 of the text.
What words and phrases would you use to describe King Midas, based
on the details the author gives in this paragraph? Is the narrator's attitude
toward the king positive or negative? How do you know?

the illustration   that would give a reader a clear understanding of the text is a picture of men constructing the frame of a building.the frame is made of iron bars. the text describes the job of blacksmiths'. these were very organised and they had different names: "the driver" and "the heater". the text describes the way in which these men worked ; they worked iron pieces as if they were playing a sport. in fact, the text wants to show the men's skills. the text also puts some emphasis on the use of '' rivets'' in construction. this kind of nails were not always used in the construction of manhattan.

some examples:

"and with an underhand toss he hurled the smoking rivet straight at the catcher, who caught it in mid-air in his catching can." men's skills

"when the driver was ready for a new " the emphasis on the rivet ( special nail used in construction).

" it against a beam to remove any cinders, and jammed it into the waiting hole. " the emphasis on the rivet.

it would be d because the however is more proper and the comma is placed in the right spot

no. but, i heard its a good book. you could look up the answers or summary on some website.

the most appropriate strategy would be to do a questions and answer type speech.