What counterargument does the author introduce in the beginning of the passage to offset the central argument?
A
Coffee speeds up the metabolic system and can cause dehydration, wrinkles,
and osteoporosis.
B
Coffee can potentially decrease one's chances for liver cancer, Parkinson's
disease, and diabetes.
C
Coffee drinkers often add adulterants to their beverage such as sugar cream,
or artificial sweeteners
D
Coffee can damage the lining of the stomach, cause insomnia, and lead to
heart issues like hypertension.

In this excerpt from phillip freneau's poem “american liberty,” the speaker describes being “slaves and minions to a parliament.” what is the intended meaning of this hyperbole? and should we now when spread thro' ev'ry shore, submit to that our fathers shunn'd before? should we, just heaven, our blood and labour spent, be slaves and minions to a parliament? perish the thought, nor may one wretch remain, who dares not fight and in our cause be slain; a. the speaker feels that the colonists should pay their share of taxes. b. the speaker believes that the british government is broken and should be fixed. c. the speaker thinks that the colonists are being unfairly treated by the british government. d. the speaker intends to lead a slave revolt against the british government.

If the author of the gift of the magi had made the reader aware of the gift jim had purchased in the beginning of the story , this would be an example of

In me thou seest the twilight of such day, as after sunset fadeth in the west, which by and by black night doth take away, death's second self that seals up all in rest. —"sonnet 73," william shakespeare read the second quatrain of “sonnet 73,” and then answer the questions. what is the best paraphrase of these lines? what is the central idea of these lines?