The meaning of the sentence int he context of the witch trial is:
1. Intelligent people watching the trial could see that it was not going to work.
The words that support the meaning of the sentence are:
2. The more thinking Part of the Spectators
- "A Witch Trial at Mount Holly" is a satire by Benjamin Franklin.
- The story is fake and serves only to criticize faith based on superstitions and prejudice.
- A man and a woman are accused of witchcraft. To make sure that they are guilty, they are placed in the water to drown.
- They are not the only ones, however. Even innocent people are in the water in order to make sure that the trial is fair and the method of drowning works.
- However, <u>no one sinks</u>. And, if everyone swims, that should mean <u>everyone is guilty</u>.
- Intelligent people <u>who are watching it all happen can see that it is not going to work</u>. The way people are bound and placed in the water will allow all of them to swim.
- With that, Franklin is basically saying that those responsible for the trial are not intelligent people.
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Answer:
D.We should go to a movie or the skating rink.
Explanation:
Prepositions show relationships between nouns, pronouns<span>, and phrases to the rest of the s</span>entence.
Answer(Take Your Choice):
Time
Place
Introducing objects.
Direction
Dimensions<span>
Reason or Purpose
Way of or Manner
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Answer:
It is option C
Explanation:
It is "My mom drove us to Grandma's house for the weekend" because the G in grandma is capital as it is a Noun :)
Answer: Soon the men began to gather, surveying their own children, speaking of planting and rain, tractors and taxes.
Explanation: This is pretty much the only answer that has detail about the surroundings or at least sets the tone for where the characters are.
