Teachers can use this strategy with the whole class, small groups, or individually. Students learn to identify and analyze text structures which helps students navigate the various structures presented within nonfiction and fiction text. As a follow up, having students write paragraphs that follow common text structures helps students recognize these text structures when they are reading.
The sentences that follow the question are these:
1. According to Paine, the government of Great Britain will bequeath ................. to the colonists.
2. The author also implies that the posterity .................................
The complete statements are as follows:
1. According to Paine, the government of Great Britain will bequeath NOTHING THAT WILL ENDURE to the colonists.
Literally, to bequeath something means to leave a personal belong to another person by mean of will. In the excerpt given above, the author is saying that the Great Britain does not have any long lasting value to offer America and this implies that the present generation of America in turn will have nothing to offer the coming generations.
2. The author also implies that the posterity OF ANY NATION HAS THE RIGHT TO BLAME THEIR PREDECESSORS FOR THEIR SUFFERING.
Posterity refers to future generation of a particular person or nation.
From the excerpt given above it can be seen that the author believes that the present day America generation has the responsibility to fight for their coming generations in order to leave a worth inheritance to them, for that is the responsibility of all parents.
A and C, as these didn't come directly from the novel itself. There was another writer involved.
Answer:
“ among all these mortals who grew so wise that they learned the secrets of the gods none was more cunning than Daedalus”
Explanation:
It is prefering to a .........