Answer:
a. It criticizes the way some readers try to understand a poem
Explanation:
Billy Collins makes a great reference to how some readers try to understand a poem, by saying that they begin beating it with a hose, trying to explain that they take everything too rough and do not consider all the factors, nor try with the care and importance that analyzing a poem should have, he writes in his poem the ways to understand a poem, speaks about
"I want them to waterski
across the surface of a poem
waving at the author’s name on the shore."
Speaking about a way of getting to know the poem and investigate, about feeling it and letting it take you places, but all what readers want to do is easily and quickly understand it.
The type of claim this author is making is: Claim of policy. Why? Because what this type of claim asserts is that something should or should not be done. A key here is the verb<em> "should"</em>. In this case, the claim from this historical essay would be <em>"Washington, D.C., should not become the 51st state".</em>
The type of evidence the author should use to best support the claim would be a judgement evidence since there is nothing in history which prove this assumption to be true. However, he is making an assumption using his judgements that he will need to explain and argue afterwards.
Example: The investment for the capital would be distributed among the other cities and towns of this supposed 51st state.
Based on the details in chapter 14, it can be inferred that Felix is a benevolent man who pursues justice.
<h3>What is the chapter 14 about?</h3>
This chapter focuses on the stories of the cottagers as the monster created by Frankenstein has been learning about them. In this chapter, the monster decribes Felix coordinated the Safie's father scaped after this man was fasely accused and condemned to death.
<h3>What can be inferred about Felix?</h3>
It can be he is a very benevolent character who does not only care about Safie but about her family. Moreover, Felix is very eager to seek for justice. This is supported by details such as:
- "Felix had accidentally been present at the trial; his horror and indignation were uncontrollable when he heard the decision of the court"
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Like all pieces of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven is mysterious, dramatic and sorrowful, mentioning the death of a beloved Lenore. The setting is a cold winter night, at midnight, in his chamber where he must mean his grim and dark bedroom. He is trying to busy himself against thinking the death of the loved one but instead his deep emotions echo in his room.
