To set the scene and the plot of the story.
The Latin root word<span> ped and its Greek counterpart pod both mean “foot.” These </span>roots<span> are the </span>word origin<span> of many English </span>vocabulary words<span>, including pedal centipede, podium, and podiatrist. Humans, for instance, are bipedal because they walk on two “feet,” whereas a </span>tripod<span> is a stand for a camera that has three “feet.”</span>
<span>the protracted history of the Chinese socialist revolution started 94 years ago in 1919 on May 4, when 5,000 students from Beijing University and twelve other schools held a political demonstration in front of Tiananmen, the focal point of what is today known as Tiananmen Square. The demonstration sparked what came to be known in history as the May Fourth Movement of 1919-21, an anti-imperialism movement rising out of patriotic reactions to dishonorable foreign relations of the government of China’s then warlord Yuan Shi-kai (袁世凯) that led to unjust treatment of China by Western powers at the Versailles Peace Conference. May Fourth was a political landmark that consolidated the nation's collective awareness that Western democracy is as imperialistic as the Western monarchy it overthrew. This national collective awareness turned China from Western democracy towards the path of modern socialism through Marxist-Leninist proactive revolution.</span>
Answer:
Pros: For less than a cup of coffee a letter can be sent from one side of the country in less than a week; many times faster than that. If not for government intervention, the USPS would actually be making a profit. One of the safest fleet of vehicles on the road.
Cons: Perhaps the worst staff of supervisors in the service industry. Too many are there because they’re being hidden because of their incompetence. Too many are there only because they knew somebody.
Explanation:
1 is alliteration.
2 is onomatopoeia.
3 is personification.
