Persuade: To convince someone to do something without reasoning or an argument.
Example: The weather report persuaded me to stay home.
Answer:
D. The slowing pace shows how Squealer controls the animals with propaganda.
Explanation:
A is false because if you use that prompt as context, as it has no suspense over the next action
B is false because the paragraph does not even hint at it
C is false under the same reasons as B
D is <u>True</u> because the prompt includes tactics that propaganda uses
Answer:
The authors prove Feldman's success by describing the size of his business.
Explanation:
At the end of the excerpt, the authors talk of how Feldman threw off the "shackles of cubicle life". <u>He went from being an employee in a cubicle to being a successful self-employed man. To prove his success, the authors provide us with numbers that show the size of his business: </u>
<u><em>Within a few years, Feldman was delivering 8,400 bagels a week to 140 companies and earning as much as he had ever made as a research analyst.</em></u>
<u>Being able to deliver that amount of bagels to that number of companies can only mean his business is big. He'd need to have several people working under him as well as a quite decently sized infrastructure to do it.</u>
The young wolves want to rule the jungle, therefore defy the laws in protest.
