Amanda Gorman wrote and performed "The Hill We Climb" to celebrate the 2021 inauguration of Joe Biden as 46th President of the United States. The poem celebrates the U.S. not as a "perfect union," but as a country that has the grit to struggle with its all-too-real problems. Progress, the poem argues, doesn't happen all at once: it's a slow and sometimes painful "climb" up the "hill" of justice, a climb that takes patience and humility. To this poem's speaker, change is hard work, but it's always possible: dedicated Americans can see—and be!—the "light" of a better future.
For hours at a time Raphael would stand quietly beside the old man as he worked, noting each detail of the potter's skill, and storing up in his little head the things he learned there.
They both are forms of figurative language used for comparison, but metaphors and similies do differ greatly. Similies are a comparison using the word like or as. Metaphors are a comparison without like or as, and more distinct. So the difference is Similies always contain the word like or as in their comparison, while metaphor doesn't have to.
John Hansen was the first president
Answer:
These lines establish a logical appeal to help support the claim that the United States should not continue it’s war in Vietnam.
Explanation:
Chi Minh begins his argument with the very logical points that Vietnam is far away from the United States and that Vietnam has never done anything to harm the United States. These help lay the groundwork logically for the rest of the argument to come.
