Answer:
D. Martin Luther King's famous speech used two memorable refrains: "I have a dream" and "Let freedom ring".
Explanation:
A colon instead of a semicolon may be used between independent clauses when the second sentence explains, illustrates, paraphrases, or expands on the first sentence.
The hard and fast rule is that a colon must ALWAYS follow a complete sentence.
Answer:
Section 4
1. have been doing
2. has been doing
3. is working
4. are playing
5. I have been thinking
6. are staying
7. have been stealing
8. have been laying
Section 5
1. has been ringing
2. have been doing / have been playing / are learning
3. are leaving / have been staying
4. are thinking / not thinking / have been counting
5. has been talking / has been driving
6. have been looking
7. is waiting
The answer would be C. By using parallel structure, Roosevelt emphasizes the challenge the country faces in transitioning from peacetime to wartime.
The literary device parallelism is employed to emphasize how hard it is prepare for a wartime scenario. Parallelism is used mostly to provide emphasis in many moving passages and is efficient when trying to persuade or convince one's audience.
Example:
It was dark because a new era was upon the nation. It was dark because change was coming. It was dark because the struggle had only begun.
In this example, repeating the phrase "It was dark" places emphasis on the ominous tone of the prompt and allows the reader to feel the gravity of the situation.
1. It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs.
-Personification is shown in this excerpt, specifically in the line "I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs." Because the author is giving human like characteristics to the light.
2. Mingled with this horror, I felt the bitterness of disappointment; dreams that had been my food and pleasant rest for so long a space were now become a hell to me; and the change was so rapid, the overthrow so complete!
- The line "for so long a space were now become a hell to me; and the change was so rapid, the overthrow so complete" uses a metaphor because the vents that take place aren't literally hell, but they are describing it in a way that makes it feels that way.
Modern thou Julius has not conquered such Luck. Assassination in the court is result of power and popularity.
