Refer to explorations in literature for a complete version of this story. read this excerpt from “water never hurt a man” by walter d. edmonds. "take off your pants, dearie," said the boy in a mock voice, digging in his fingers till john winced. "joe buller can handle your captain smart enough. me, i'll just paddle you to learn you." john, looking up, was afraid. he did not know what to do, but without warning his hands acted for him, and he struck at the square face with all his might. which statement best describes the interaction between the characters in this excerpt? when john strikes the boy, it shows his inner rage. when the boy speaks to john, it shows that the boy is a bully and is antagonizing violence. when the boy taunts john, it shows that the boy is jealous of john’s intelligence. when john is intimated by the boy, it shows that he is weak and unable to stand up for himself.

"the bane of the internet" is written in first-person subjective point of view, so the narrator a) tells the story as it is happening b)tells the story as it is happened in the past c)is a minor character who tells the story as it is happening d)none of the above

Me for the love of god. i've been working on this assignment for 3 days and i don't understand the speeches at all ive read both 4 times over and i don't understand either of them if your right i will give you brainlest (i think that's how you spell it) and 99 pts. for this assignment, you will write an evaluation of either of two historic passages. • patrick henry’s “give me liberty, or give me death! ” speech (1775) • frederick douglass’s address, “what to the slave is the fourth of july? ” (1852) 1. what is the speaker’s viewpoint? what is his claim? type your answer here. (score for question 2: of 2 points) 2. what reasons does the speaker provide to support his viewpoint or claim? type your answer here. (score for question 3: of 4 points) 3. how valid are the speaker’s reasons for his claim? use evidence from the text to support your answer. type your answer here. (score for question 4: of 2 points) 4. what evidence does the speaker provide to support his reasons? type your answer here. (score for question 5: of 4 points) 5. is the speaker’s evidence relevant and sufficient? use evidence from the text to support your answer. type your answer here. (score for question 6: of 4 points) 6. does the speaker use fallacious reasoning or logical fallacies? use evidence from the text to support your answers. type your answer here. (score for question 7: of 4 points) 7. what counterclaims or alternate claims does the speaker address, and how does he respond to them? type your answer here. (score for question 8: of 4 points) 8. how effective is the speaker’s response to counterclaims or alternate claims? use evidence from the text to support your answer. type your answer here. (score for question 9: of 4 points) 9. write a one-paragraph evaluation of the speaker’s argument. type your answer here.

In the space below, enter the three discussion question stems you selected, and the answers you wrote as you reread the speech. even though this was a note-taking exercise, the answers should still be complete sentences, with correct spelling and punctuation.