Answer:
D. Our goal tonight is to honor the sacrifice made by students serving in the armed forces.
Explanation:
In a speech, the thesis statement is used to show or point out the major points or the main purpose of the speech. This would make the audience to have a quick preview of the aims and objectives of the speech.
The answer to this question is obviously option d. The purpose of the speech is clearly stated. It is To honour sacrifices of students serving in the armed forces. The speech can be used to inspire others into joining the force.
<u>Answer to Part A:</u> American Gothic represents Grant Wood's personal view of midwesterners.
The speaker in the text intends to defend the meaning of the painting from claims of its mocking depictions of midwesterners. It is stated a the painting had a deeper meaning about society, one that goes beyond the common observer's understaing.
The rest of the options are not the text's central idea since:
- The atmosphere of the painting does not revolve around medieval times, since that era ended in the 15th century. The figures in the painting represent americans, nation that was founded much later in time.
- In the text, it is not considered that the painting is a joke - quite the contrary -. The counter-argument to this is supported by the speaker.
- There are no political parties involved in this context, which denies the fact that the painting is a political statement.
<u>Answer to Part B:</u> "The irony is that the original painting itself may have been making more of a comment on society than many observers realize".
This statement supports the idea that beyond the observer's judgement on the depiction of the characters in the painting, the real meaning of this work might comprise the painter's personal view on the society being disputed over, the midwesterns.
The structural element that is used in the excerpt by Anaya but not in the excerpt by Nye is logos, as stated in option D and further explained below.
<h3>What is logos?</h3>
Logos, also known as logical appeal or appeal to logic, is a type of rhetorical device. It is the use of logic and reasoning to convince one's audience of something. That means the writer or speaker will provide arguments in a logical order so that he or she can lead the audience to a certain conclusion.
After reading the excerpts, we can see that Anaya uses logos, but Nye does not use that structural element. With that in mind, we can choose option D as the correct answer.
The missing answer choices for this question are the following:
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The answer to the given question above would be the third option. How Monet's painting of poppies different from Whitman's "I wandered lonely as a cloud" is that, they <span>evoke completely different emotions from the audience. Hope this answers your question.</span>
