Read the excerpt from “the lady, or the tiger? ”
in the very olden time there lived a semi-barbaric king, whose ideas, though somewhat polished and sharpened by the progressiveness of distant latin neighbors, were still large, florid, and untrammeled, as became the half of him which was barbaric. he was a man of exuberant fancy, and, withal, of an authority so irresistible that, at his will, he turned his varied fancies into facts. he was greatly given to self-communing, and, when he and himself agreed upon anything, the thing was done.
what is an advantage of the third-person point of view used in this excerpt?
a. the reader gains valuable information about the king’s neighbors.
b. it establish the setting of a time period long ago.
c. the reader discovers the king’s failings and shortcomings.
d. the reader discovers the king’s determined and strong-minded nature.

The correct option is C.

Explanation:

There are three different points of view that an author can use in his story, these are first, second and third person point of view. Writing in the third person point of view is advantageous, because it allows the reader to have access to the thoughts and feelings of the characters.

In the passage given in this question, the third person point of view allow us to know the feelings, emotions, the short comings and the failings of the semi barbaric king.

its C

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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)

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