Q) How does the writer convey his fear? (at least two paragraphs) text - It sounded distinctly possible that we’d come
across a considerably larger crocodile than I’d seen
in the pen. Hearing Jack point it out in such a
casual manner made my blood run cold. The
nightmarish scene was not difficult to
imagine: our monstrous aggressor would
gobble us up with a sudden snap of its gigantic
jaws and use the boat’s splinters as giant
wooden toothpicks. I asked myself what I was
doing on this hare- brained expedition , and
failed to come up with a rational explanation.

Read the following excerpt from the declaration of independence: when in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. the history of the present king of great britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations to prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world. he has refused his assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. how do the authors of the declaration best use deductive reasoning to support the idea that the colonists have a right to form a new government? o a. they first establish the widely accepted belief that governments derive their power from the people. o o b. they list the colonists' grievances against the british monarchy, starting with the king's refusal to "assent to laws." o c. they first establish the idea that declaring one's intentions is a decent and expected measure. o d. they follow his initial statement by pointing out that the colonists do not take these measures lightly.