This line comes from "The Things They Carried" by Tim O Brien when he served in Vietnam. The term hard vocabulary to contain terrible softness simply reflects what he has done to serve in Vietnam. In times of war, it is not good to be internally soft as it may serve as weakness to enemies. Therefore, hard vocabulary refers to the words that one would say to himself and others in order to project strength and hide softness or weakness inside.
You should include opinions that contradict your own, and attempt to say why those opinions are invalid based on your own argument.
Students would be the subject because they are the ones doing the action. Questions is the direct object, and Elsa is the indirect object
I believe that the answer is D. "Self-Reliance" is an example of a short memoir. It a record of events written by a person having intimate knowledge of them and based on personal observation.
A long walk in the park or a short run around the block works for me.