Which sentence best states the thesis of this document? A) The people's right to bear arms shall not be infringed.
B) In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial
C) The people's right against unreasonable searches and seizures without a due cause shall not be violated.
D) The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
E) While not explicitly mentioned in the constitution itself, the people have many rights protected by law and enforced by the state.

[1] nothing that comes from the desert expresses its extremes better than the unhappy growth of the tree yuccas. tormented, thin forests of it stalk drearily in the high mesas, particularly in that triangular slip that fans out eastward from the meeting of the sierras and coastwise hills. the yucca bristles with bayonet-pointed leaves, dull green, growing shaggy with age like an old [5] man's tangled gray beard, tipped with panicles of foul, greenish blooms. after its death, which is slow, the ghostly hollow network of its woody skeleton, with hardly power to rot, makes even the moonlight fearful. but it isn't always this way. before the yucca has come to flower, while yet its bloom is a luxurious, creamy, cone-shaped bud of the size of a small cabbage, full of sugary sap. the indians twist it deftly out of its fence of daggers and roast the prize for their [10] own delectation why does the author use the words "bayonet-pointed" (line 4) and "fence of daggers" (line 9) to describe the leaves of the yucca tree? . to create an image of the sharp edges of the plant to emphasize how beautiful the plant's leaves are to explain when and where the plant grows to show how afraid the author is of the plant

Which two historical elements may influence a story? the author’s biographical details the place where the story was published major events such as a war or natural disaster events that took place during the publication of the story

Identify and evaluate the specific strategies used to persuade the audience in gettysburg address