A young man enters
GUENEVERELancelot!
LANCELOT: Guenevere! (They go up to each other, and he takes both her hands. They stand that way for a moment.
Then he says lightly) Darning King Arthur's socks, I see!
GUENEVERE (releasing herself, and going back to her chair) Yes. Sit down.
LANCELOT Where's his royal highness?
GUENEVERE New York Why don't you ever come to see us?
Source: Dell, Floyd King Arthur's Socks. 1922. King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays. Whitefish: Kessinger
Publishing, 2004. Google Books. Web 7 July 2011
What is the author's purpose in the above passage, and how does he achieve it through his organization and choice of
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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.