Read the excerpt from President Franklin Roosevelt's “Day of Infamy” speech delivered after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Which se
ntence best summarizes the passage? It will be recorded that the distance of Hawaii from Japan makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned many days or even weeks ago. During the intervening time, the Japanese government has deliberately sought to deceive the United States by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace. The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces. I regret to tell you that very many American lives have been lost. In addition, American ships have been reported torpedoed on the high seas between San Francisco and Honolulu. Yesterday, the Japanese government also launched an attack against Malaya. Last night, Japanese forces attacked Hong Kong. Last night, Japanese forces attacked Guam. Last night, Japanese forces attacked the Philippine Islands. Last night, the Japanese attacked Wake Island. And this morning, the Japanese attacked Midway Island. Japan has, therefore, undertaken a surprise offensive extending throughout the Pacific area. A. Japan’s strategy was to destroy American defense equipment by launching a surprise attack. B. Japan’s deception and successive surprise attacks revealed its aggressive stance in World War II. C. American military and naval defense equipment were badly damaged in the attack on Hawaii. D. All the surprise attacks by Japan in the Pacific had been carefully planned over a period of time.
<em>Japan's decepcion</em> is understood by the lines "..the Japonese goverment has <em>deliberately sought to deceive</em> the United States by <em>false statements</em> and expressions of hope for continued peace". <em>The aggressive stance</em> with <em>the sucessive attaks</em> were <em>agains</em>t Malaya, Hong Kong,Guan, Philippine Islands, Wake Island and Midway Island.
The correct answer is metaphor. A metaphor is a rhetorical figure of speech where two or more things are symbolically compared, without using the words such as like or as (because that would be a simile). This whole poem is symbolical/metaphorical - it talks about the passage of time and how everything is transient and fleeting.
