Answer: first is negative sharp and desolate and the second is positive beautiful and dazzle.
Roosevelt appeal to emotion in this section of the speech are intended to WARN OF INCREASING DANGER.
From the passage given above, it can be seen that Roosevelt words is geared towards making the people realize and become aware that danger is looming at the corner. Thus, in his speech, he was appealing to the audience to becomes sensitive to the dangers ahead.<span />
Like so many pigs they would come and devour the mush; some with oystershells, others with pieces of shingle, some with naked hands, and none with spoons.
Which of these is most clearly shown here?
C.Imagery
The correct answer is imagery.
Figurative language is a simile or metaphor -- neither is used here. An allusion is a reference to a well-known person, place, or thing; an allusion is not used here. Parallelism is using similar grammatical structures and does not appear here.
Imagery is a description that appeals to any of the five senses, but especially the visual sense. In this passage, Baldwin is clearly describing the slap (which we can see and hear in our mind) of the child, the pain which reverberates through heaven -- we can visualize this pain reaching out into heaven and embedding itself in the universe.
Due to the visual power of these words, the correct answer is C.
