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You want to write a story with a message of hope and healing. You decide to write about Alanna, a young girl who finds an abandoned, rain-soaked and injured puppy in a muddy ditch. Considering your idea about your story's message, which idea is LEAST LIKELY to be developed?
A) Alanna brings the injured puppy home with her and patiently nurses it back to health.
B) Alanna's parents think the puppy might help Alanna recover from the tragic death of her best friend.
C) Rainbow is a smart little puppy who quickly learns basic commands and even masters more advanced tricks.
D) Alanna and her new puppy, Rainbow become inseparable companions, having great adventures and growing to love each other.

Read this excerpt from edgar allen poe the masque of the red death and answer the question that follows.what kind of writing does the excerpt represent? here the case was very diffierent,as might have been expected from the dukes love

What is a blended quote and what is it’s purpose

Read the passage from chapter 17 of the prince. and of all princes, it is impossible for the new prince to avoid the imputation of cruelty, owing to new states being full of dangers. hence virgil, through the mouth of dido, excuses the inhumanity of her reign owing to its being new, saying: "res dura, et regni novitas me talia cogunt moliri, et late fines custode tueri."(*) nevertheless he ought to be slow to believe and to act, nor should he himself show fear, but proceed in a temperate manner with prudence and humanity, so that too much confidence may not make him incautious and too much distrust render him intolerable. . against my will, my fate a throne unsettled, and an infant state, bid me defend my realms with all my pow'rs, and guard with these severities my shores. what reasoning does machiavelli use in this passage? machiavelli uses deductive reasoning by first introducing the conclusion that new rulers must be cruel and then supporting it with evidence. machiavelli uses deductive reasoning by starting with statistical evidence and then concluding that rulers must be cruel. machiavelli uses inductive reasoning by first presenting an observed pattern of details and then concluding that new rulers must be cruel. machiavelli uses inductive reasoning by starting with the conclusion that new rulers must be cruel and then supporting it with short narratives.