Answer:
The Israelites had been in Egypt for generations, but now that they had become so numerous, the Pharaoh feared their presence. He feared that one day the Isrealites would turn against the Egyptians. Gradually and stealthily, he forced them to become his slaves.
Explanation:
Answer:
What Lincoln wishes to do through this final sentence of the speech is:
C. stir up emotions about the lives lost in the war and encourage the listener to help end it.
Explanation:
President Abraham Lincoln does NOT wish his listeners to feel sad or angry. Nor does he want them to blame anyone. That's why he says, "With malice toward none, with charity for all." He then moves on to ask his audience to help take care of the families of the soldiers who have bravely lost their lives in the war. Besides that, he wants to "achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace," meaning he wants the war to end and peace to reign. Lincoln is stirring up emotions in his audience, but not inflamed, hostile emotions. He wishes to inspire them to be good, charitable, empathetic. He wants them to worry about a peaceful future instead of worrying about blame. He wishes to urge them to fight for peace in honor of those who have died for it.
The correct answer is: [A]:
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" When the teacher passed out the baby pigs the class was supposed to dissect, one of the students lost their lunch. "
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<u>Note</u>: This is the only answer choice given that uses a "euphemism" ; or "polite-sounding idiom or expression" to replace an otherwise distasteful event or situation or description of something.
In this particular statement, the euphemism is: "lost [their] lunch".
Note that to "lose [one's] lunch" is a euphemism for "vomiting" (an unpleasant description or event.
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Hope this helps!
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If you are sure that A and D are not the answers, and if you are that there are three correct answers, then logically the correct answers are B,C, and E.
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