John Brown was an American abolitionist who advocated insurrection as a means to end slavery in the United States. For his activities outside the law, Brown was accused of treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia, found guilty and hanged.
Prior to his death and after his sentencing, a large number of prominent figures raised money and wrote speeches in his defense. One of this people was Ralph Waldo Emerson. Emerson presented Brown as a common, everyday man who had strong ideals and felt compelled to act upon them. This was intended to present Brown as an admirable man and to invoke sympathy among the people by identifying themselves with him.
Answer:
Political events of the time
• The original audience
• Common beliefs of the period
Explanation:
The factors to be considered when using historical criticism to analyze a text includes;
• Political event of the period: This implies the structure of government of a particular place during a period of time such as monarchy, democratic and other system of government. It also involves the events that took place during the transfer of political power.
•The original audience: The original audience of the historical text refers to the people who are present during the period of time. Their mentality and culture should be taken into consideration.
• Common beliefs of the period: This takes into consideration the way of life of people during the period such as way of worship, dress, feed, take care of their health and treat other people. This is majorly the belief of what is right or wrong.
Explanation:
Answer:
- The characteristics of editorials
- The characteristics of news reports
- How news reports and editorials are similar
- How news reports and editorials are different
Explanation:
Since his essay is about comparing news reports and editorials, these are the four things he should focus on. It does not matter what genres are similar to news reports and editorials, since his essay is just about the two things.
As mentioned in the comments, this question is about completing the sentence with a noun clause.
Answer:
He is a liar and so you need not believe what he says.
Explanation:
<u>A noun clause is a dependent clause that functions as a noun in a sentence. That means it can function as subject, object of a verb or of a preposition, or a predicate nominative. Noun clauses begin with words such as what, whatever, when, which, how etc.</u>
Having that in mind, I will provide a couple of possible answers:
- He is a liar and so you need not believe what he says.
- He is a liar and so you need not believe that he is truly sorry.
Answer:
B) You should always tell people how you feel.
Explanation:
Even though it may seem something difficult to do, especially to timid or introvert people, telling your feelings will always be better than keep them. By telling, you let others to understand you and keep missinterpretations out of the question. Also, it will help to <u>liberate the stressful weight</u> of having them inside.
