Answer:
These word choices highlight the tone of irony.
Explanation:
The question above is about the poem "War is Kind" written by Stephen Crane. The entire poem has a strong tone of verbal irony, which can first be found in the poem speaker's statements about why women should not cry because the men they love were killed in war, because war is a good and benevolent thing. This characteristic of war contains strong irony, since nothing good and benevolent would kill anyone.
Verbal irony is reinforced by the use of contradictory ideas like those found in the question above, where the author mixes the characteristics that war promoters impose on themselves and the real characteristics among them.
B. White people never had the right to decide what should be accomplished in Africa. (APEX)
The phrases that indicate this passage is from an editorial:
“handing them a death sentence”
“undermines our credibility as a humane country”
“would be a disgrace”
This is a passage of an editiorial criticizing the country's rejection of aide to Honduran children. <em>Editorials</em> are articles that presents the newspaper opinion on a news story. They can be used to interpret, criticize, praise, or persuade.
While I cannot tell what is bolded, I can try to help.
A subtle distinction is a nuance.
A preference could be an inclination.
To condemn someone is like denouncing them.
Old fashioned could be quaint.
The answer is: Morality outweighs human laws.
In the excerpt from "The Royal House of Thebes," Antigone buries her brother Polyneices against King Creon's order. Therefore, she confronts Creon and claims that his refusal to provide Polyneices an appropriate burial goes against the natural and timeless principles of justice of the Gods.
