<span>B.Local color emphasizes the characters, natural features, and culture of a particular region.
C.</span><span>Writers of this type of literature often explore universal themes.</span>
"Kennedy's claim is for Americans to be bold by sending a giant rocket to the moon and return it safely to earth, to do it right, and <span>do it First before this decade is out,"</span>
Option d) The church did not just reflect what was happening in society.
Explanation: a thermometer does not influence anything, just measures or reflects the temperature of something. Then the comparisson of the church with the thermometer is to establish whether it merely reflected something or did something else.
Answer:
B. All South Africans share a connection to a beautiful land and have the opportunity for new beginnings.
Explanation:
Here's the excerpt you provided. I highlighted some key words that helped me arrive at B.
“Each time <u>one of us</u> touches the <u>soil of this land</u>, we feel a sense of <u>personal</u> <u>renewal.</u> The national mood changes as the seasons change.”
The author says that "All South Africans share a connection" by using the word "<em>us</em> " rather than "<em>I</em>." He talks about a sense of "<em>renewal</em>." Renewal is another word for rebirth or "new beginnings." Thus, choice B makes the most sense.
