Which of these sentences uses a first-person point of view?
a: alice and ray were calling me to join them at the newly opened sushi restaurant.
b: belle couldn’t decide whether to wear a formal coat or a casual shirt for dinner at jim's place.
c: "i am not a little boy," eric cried, as his mother looked with amusement at the five-year-old.
d: you gingerly step onto the ice, counting the seconds until gravity pulls you down.

A:Alice and Ray were calling me to join them at the newly opened sushi restaurant.

Explanation:

Narrative focus is the point of view from which the narrator tells the story. It can be first person, second person, third person or a combination of these options. The narrator may be a character in the story or it may be an abstract entity that the writer creates to narrate it.

In first person narrative focus, the narrator is a character who actively participates in the story or just retells it from his point of view. This narrator, who may or may not be the protagonist, shares his thoughts and emotions throughout the story, but does not know (and therefore cannot share) the thoughts and emotions of other characters. Accordingly, we can conclude that the letter "A" among the options posed in the question shows that the narrator is participating in the story as a character, this means that the story is using the third person narrative focus.

Explain why Virginia's declaration of rights is the foundation of the Declaration of Independence. Use at least two examples from the document to support your response

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Explanation:

Virginia's declaration of rights is the foundation of the Declaration of Independence due to the following reason:

1. In section one of Virginia's declaration of rights, it was stated among other things that "That all men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity..." This is echoed in the US Declaration of Independence where it is stated that "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness..."

2. Similarly, in Section two of Virginia's declaration of rights it is stated that "That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people..." This is echoed in the US declaration of Independence where it is stated that "That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed..."

Virginia's Declaration of Rights was written by George Mason