When John F. Kennedy became president in January 1961, Americans had the perception that the United States was losing the "space race" with the Soviets. President Kennedy understood the need and had the vision of not only matching the Soviets, but surpassing them. On May 25, 1961, he stood before Congress and proclaimed that “this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before the decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.”
On September 12, 1962, President Kennedy delivered a speech describing his goals for the nation’s space effort before a crowd of 35,000 people in the football stadium at Rice University in Houston, Texas.
Answer:
1. Hyperbole because it's not literally a deafening silence.
2. Hyperbole because the car is not completely crushed to where there is nothing left but it is crushed to where there is no fixing it at all.
Explanation:
Answer:
c. occurring at the same time
Explanation:
simultaneously means to do at the same time and c is the only answer choice that reflects this
Answer:
The first response
Explanation:
The first response is the only claim that makes sense. To check, let's use the process of elimination.
Second: Calling the scientists' surveys unsophisticated is irrelevant and does not prove that the original claim is correct.
Third: This option does not address the points made by the counterclaim and instead pushes the original idea. It is important to remember that it is supposed to be a response, not a new statement.
Fourth: This response gives up on the original idea and ends the debate, with the counterclaim winning.
