The correct answer is this one: "They went to the railroad stations and bought tickets for the fast trains and the slow trains and even the trains that back up and run backward instead of where they start to go." This is the line of the excerpt from Carl Sandburg's "How the Animals Lost Their Tails and Got Them Back Traveling from Philadelphia to Medicine Hat" that uses repetition and <span>alliteration.</span>
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2. Jerome learns to translate his desire to help others into action.
Explanation:
In the short passage/ story "A Friend In Need", the character of Jerome was deeply touched by the death of his friend Martin's mother. And even though lots of people had already offered their condolences and help, posting encouraging words online. Jerome found that doing something in action is better than just posting help offers online. So, taking the advice of his mother, he went over to Martin's place taking food with him. Then, later on, he saw in the news that some family had lost their home in a fire accident. And he also saw that many people had pledged to help them in any way they can. But, he wonders if anyone would ever do it in deed, not just words. But whatever the case may be, he resolved to be there, volunteering to help in any way he can. He thus learns to translate his desire to help others into action.
<span>Thomas Paine was an English-American <u>ACTIVIST</u> who wrote pamphlets that influenced many people and were instrumental in starting the american revolution. He skillfully communicated the ideas of the revolution to everyone, from farmers to intellectuals.
Since the purpose of the paragraph is to inform the word that best fits in the blank is the word "activist," it means that this person is someone who is campaigning/informing people to bring about certain political or social changes.</span>
