Answer:
<em>(C) offering a specific example to support a general claim
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Explanation:
If there is only one claim: "Things which today seem unremarkable could have altered the course of history once...."
<em>Even the answer choice's clarification mentions "the claim": </em>
The second paragraph provides detailed details–perhaps even the position nutmeg played in New York history–to support the argument that apparently inconspicuous things can change the course of events.
So, shouldn't alternative "author say" consider instead of "author claims"?!
I would say, Simile because this compares the feeling of seeing the machine to being stabbed by a dozen awls. Similes use like or as to compare two different objects, so that is what leads me to believe this. It cannot be a symbol, because that does not represent anything. It cannot be personification because it does not take a nonliving object and give it human features. I would say that's it a metaphor, but it uses as, so I firmly believe that it is a simile..
Answer: ''...should not be changed for light and transient causes''
Explanation:
Prudence is the quality of being careful such that one does not make a decision with too much haste but rather weighs the decision before making it such that the decision is not made for light or transient reasons.
In the Declaration of Independence, the Founding Fathers tried to explain that the declaration was made with prudence because with such a long lasting Government as the British, changes should not be made unless absolutely warranted and events had warranted the declaration.
