Read the following excerpt from patrick henry's speech and answer the question. "sir we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on. we have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored it's interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and parliament" the purpose of the paralanguage in this example is to a.) describe what it is like to surrender to an enemy b.) show how balance of power can be created c.) emphasize the importance of past actions d.) suggest how long the colonist will have to wait for freedom

C.) emphasize the importance of past actions

Explanation:

Paralanguage is often used to emphasize certain words and actions, so the reader and the receiver of the message put special attention to those words, in this case the writer tries to make it clear that they´ve done every single thing that was at their disposal to prevent what is about to happen. The paralanguage is used to make sure that the reader understands that.

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every of the four river valley civilizations, religion played an enormous role in shaping and cultivating each civilization. this essay will briefly discuss how religion formed the river valley people’s government and view on geography. religion dictated how the peoples of the river valley civilizations managed government and geography.

            religious leaders played prominent roles in every river valley civilizations form of government. from ancient egypt and mesopotamia to china’s historic empire and the indus river valley, all the river valley civilizations had significant religious figures. in ancient egypt, the pharaoh was revered as a god and therefore was given his right as supreme governing authority in the eyes of the people. the elusive emperors of china gained there governing rights by a mandate of heaven creating long lines of dynasties until the common people of china felt the dynasty had lost the favor of the gods. chinese emperors were not only governing leaders but also the spiritual leaders of ancient china. mesopotamian and indus river valley priests were referred as has head officials who had vast amounts of authority in these two civilizations primitive forms of democracy. religion shaped the structure and social caste of the four river valley civilizations.

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