#1 : A. meanings of collective nouns
#2: (I am not too sure about this one but i think it's either A or C
#3: B. Define
#4: Some of these nouns are pretty amusing
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B. To convince the audience of a certain viewpoint.
Just look and think about persuasive cut it in half to it's original word. Think about the word “persuade,” which means “to convince somebody.” A persuasive essay is has all of the convincing techniques a writers can try to employ. It presents a situations, and can take a stands – either in its favor, or against it – to prove to readers whether it is beneficial or harmful for them.
Answer:
The author is trying to say that it's worthless to be classified as a citizen if you cannot vote, just as it is worthless to have a boat if you have no oars.
Tyrannical is to verbose is words to
