I do believe it should. Hate speech is an opinion-based rhetoric . However, the behavior of acting out the hate rhetoric impacts others. We can ignore the speech, but physical behaviors that directly touch us is akin to assault on our person. We need to rise above the ignorance ... "our future is in the minds of our children". What are they learning?
Answer:
b. understatement
Explanation:
The Cambridge Dictionary defines understatement as "a statement that describes something in a way that makes it seem less important, serious, bad, etc. than it really is, or the act of making such statements". In the speech we see that Twain states that if you get offended by someone, you should not take extreme measures, just simply hit them with a brick whenever possible. We saw that "hit him with the brick" is the understatement, making the action seem less serious.
Answer:
B. The weather was frigid in Minnesota; it wasn't warm at all.
Explanation:
An antonym is the opposite word or meaning of a given word. It gives the exact opposite or different meaning of what is implied by a word.
In the context of the word "frigid", the antonym will be "warm, hot, pleasant," etc. And among the given statements, sentence B uses the antonym context of the word "frigid". While the other three statements give the implication of the coldness of Minnesota, the second sentence uses the antonym "warm" to add a different aspect of the coldness of the place.
Thus, the correct answer is option B.
