John F. Kennedy’s inaugural speech to celebrate his victory on the presidential election in 1961 is a powerful and direct call to unite among the people of North America as well as the world. Kennedy addressed his audience with a strong call for unity and ethics, but not only his, but as a country, as a nation who must seek what is right for all people.
The statement that best explains how Kennedy uses a rhetorical technique to support his message is:
B) He uses repetition to emphasize change on the horizon for people who are struggling.
In structures like these we can see the use of repetition:
“To those old allies whose cultural and spiritual origins we share, we pledge the loyalty of faithful friends.”
“To those new states whom we welcome to the ranks of the free, we pledge our word that one form of colonial control shall not have passed away merely to be replaced by a far more iron tyranny.”
“To those people in the huts and villages of half the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves, for whatever period is required”
And in this sentence he presents his main idea: change on the horizon for people who are struggling:
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
You didn't italicize any words, so I will just try to explain the figures of speech you have listed above, and hopefully that will help you.
1. hyperbole - this is exaggeration. For example, 'I waited for him for a hundred years' to denote you had to wait for someone for a longer period of time. You didn't really wait for him for a hundred years - it is an exaggeration. Poets and writers often use this figure of speech in order to make a statement, and impact on the reader. I can't see examples of hyperbole in this excerpt, so I wouldn't choose that as the correct option here.
2. paradox - paradox is a figure of speech in which you combine two things which are opposite from each other in nature. It creates an absurd phrase because two contradictory statements are brought together, such as 'drinking a lot of water can make you thirsty.' I can see an example of paradox in the excerpt above, which is "day brought back my night." Day and night are each other's opposites, which makes a paradox if they are brought together like this.
3. understatement - this is a figure of speech which authors use when they want to make something appear to have a lesser value than it actually has; when they want to demean something as being less important that what it seems. An example of an understatement would be the following - you get a lot of money at a lottery, and when asked how you feel about it, you say 'I'm happy.' You would obviously feel much stronger emotions if this happened. I don't see instances of understatement here either.
I would choose paradox as the correct answer here.
Answer:
Answer is Option D: wants black artists to express their identities
Explanation:
“The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain,” was a short essay written by the poet “Langston Hughes”. He writes about the importance of acceptance of black culture. He makes them understand that black artists and authors should not standardize their identities as what whites use. They should show their own identities and have their own artistic expression.
So, out of the given options, Option D expresses what readers can infer from Langston Hughes essay. He doesn't want black artists to learn from whites as per Option B, nor is he honoring black cultural traditions as per Option C.
In Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, the interaction between George and Hazel develop Kurt Vonnegut’s social criticism as It shows how technology can dehumanize and desensitize people.
On their son's murder, George and Hazel's reactions are brief and Hazel due to her "low intelligence" hers is underwhelming. Due to George's handicap, he is unable to dwell on anything for so long. So, when he watches his son on television, by a loud sound in his head his recognition is blasted away. He went into the kitchen to get a can of beer after Harrison is shot. whereas, Hazel cries. she gets momentarily distressed about what happened. therefore, due to her "low" intelligence, she quickly forgets about what happened. and when inquired by her husband upon the reason of tear, she forgets stating “Something real sad on television.”
Hence, in such a Bergeron's society handicaps assure that no negative emotion distress them. Therefore, they feel a momentary pain upon Harrison is gunned down in front of them.
C) a relatively small, localized arena for trade and commerce
