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A. Our country can no longer refuse involvement because it can not allow freedom and peace to be at risk.
Explanation:
This excerpt from, "Wilson's War Message to Congress," is clearly discouraging neutrality. Neutrality is the act of not being involved or taking sides in a dispute. Wilson explained that in a world where some governments have made themselves autocratic, thus stifling peace and freedom of citizens, it would be wrong to be neutral, not making efforts to salvage the situation.
Wilson in this paragraph encouraged participation in governance so that citizens can resist actions from the government that are autocratic in nature.
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to explain her viewpoint on the wonders of reading
In I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, author Maya Angelou's purpose is to tell about her childhood, while she shows how she thinks and feels about her childhood.
B.On the hike, Mr. Clark tripped over a tree root, fell to the ground, and broke his wrist.
Parallel structure is using the same grammatical structure for a list of items or ideas. In option B, all of the actions in the list are written in simple past tense. They do not include a helping verb or other form. The verbs are all the same structure: tripped, fell, broke.
Option A is not correct. To make it correct parallel structure, "being responsible" should be "responsibility". To correct the parallel structure for Option C, "babysitting" should be "to babysit". To fix option D, add "having" before fierce determination.
Answer: laugh the “Saws” to scorn
Explanation:
Non-standard English refers to the English which do not follow follow the rules of standard English dialect.
The phrase from the excerpt that's an example of nonstandard English is "laugh the “Saws” to scorn". This phrase can be unusual for some individuals.
