A) sentence one
B) Yo-Yo Ma, who was born in Paris,
(1)Yo-Yo Ma, who was born in Paris, is a Chinese American cellist. (2) He was a prodigy and started performing violin and piano pieces at the age of four. (3) He attended two of the best schools in the USA: Julliard and Harvard. (4) The cello he plays was built in 1733. (5) He calls his cello "Petunia.â (6) He is an amazing soloist, and has recorded over 90 albums.
The leader of the Gladers, Alby is the oldest and most trusted teenager in the Glade. Despite Alby's merciless enforcement of the strict laws of the Glade, he is a competent leader capable of inspiring loyalty and bravery in the other Gladers.
Answer:
The rhetorical technique used in this excerpt is a. shift.
Explanation:
Shift as a rhetorical technique refers to a change in the mood, style, or tone of what is being said. It is usually started with a conjunction that expresses such alteration and contrast, such as "yet", "but", "although", etc. In this particular speech, the initial mood is one of sadness and exhaustion. Churchill focuses on the disasters, the dangers, and the losses the war brought. From the moment he says "yet" on, however, the mood shifts to a positive, assertive one, in which he tells us about the high morale of the Allies. Against all odds, in contrast with everything that had been said, we are now told the Allies kept their spirits up.
