President Kennedy’s main idea in his inaugural address is centered
on the restoration of human rights. He wanted to highlight the importance of human life and
preserve it by eradicating the struggles of human destruction namely: the difficulty
in poverty, oppression of the weak, suffering from diseases, and the chaos in
war. He wanted to atleast mitigate these problems by ensuring the citizens of America and of the world in the active participation of his people during his administration.
This question is missing the excerpt. I've found the complete question online. It is as follows:
Read the excerpt from Heart of a Samurai. Goemon jumped up. "Agreed," he said, jamming his "knife" into his sash and slashing at Manjiro’s "sword." Their imaginary swords clashed and clattered as they lunged or leaped aside to avoid being hit. Which words contribute most to the excerpt’s pace?
A. "imaginary" and "aside"
B. "sash" and "swords"
C. "slashing" and "lunged"
D. "Goeman" and "Manjiro"
Answer:
The words that contribute most to the excerpt's pace are C. "slashing" and "lunged".
Explanation:
<u>When we think of pace, we think of rhythm, of moving fast, slow, with regularity, with cadence, etc. </u>The words an author uses help readers feel the pace of what is being described more intensely. <u>If the characters are acting or moving fast, or if conflicts are developing slowly, the only way for readers to visualize that is through the author's word-choice. In the case of the excerpt we are studying here, we can say the writer establishes a fast pace through the use of the words "slashing" and "lunged". Both words imply rapidity of movement, celerity, quickness and, for that reason, has the readers imagining the scene in a vivid, accelerated manner.</u>
<span>The subtleties of life inside a bat colony can be found in a short piece by Margaret Atwood, titled My Life Inside A Bat Colony. The main subtlety mentioned in the piece is a bat's preference for "the subtleties of dawn and dusk", as opposed to the bright sun of the main part of the day. Another subtlety mentioned is a bat's fear of being tangled in human hair.</span>
<span>British government leaders didn't present the Zimmermann telegram to Wilson for a few weeks. Hall reminded them that outrage was growing in America over Germany's announcement late in the day of January 31 that the German navy would resume unrestricted submarine warfare. In fact, that policy provoked the U.S. government to cut diplomatic relations with Germany in February.</span>
