The question above is incomplete, the complete version is given below:
Read this excerpt from
"Not a Dove, But No Longer a Hawk."
I wonder, when I look at the
bombed out peasant hamlets, the orphans begging and stealing on the streets of
Saigon and the women and children with napalm burns lying on the hospital cots,
whether the United States or any nation has the right to inflict this suffering
and degradation on another people for its own ends.<span>
How do the allusions in this excerpt reinforce the meaning of the passage?</span>
The allusions clarify the geographic locations visited by the
author.
The allusions recall specific locations and horrors of the
Vietnam conflict.
The allusions question the Vietnamese for allowing such a
violent war.
<span>The allusions criticize the political philosophies that
encourage suffering.</span>
<span>ANSWER</span>
The correct option is this: THE ALLUSION CRITICIZE THE POLITICAL PHILOSOPHIES THAT ENCOURAGE SUFFERING. Allusion is a figure of speech, which refers to an object or a circumstance from an external context. In the passage given above, the author is questioning the political morality behind war. War usually result in great suffering for all involved and the author is wondering, if is morally correct for countries to be settling their differences by mean of warfare.
Answer:
The author’s main purpose is to persuade readers to buy Jasmine Jeans.
Explanation:
You can tell this is the author's main purpose because of the first statement made, "If you don't buy these pants by tomorrow night..." With just this statement, it shows that the author is trying to persuade the readers/audience to buy their products.
Answer:
A substantiated opinion because Reagan quotes an expert.
Explanation:
In the excerpt , Reagan is expressing a substantiated opinion because he is quoting an expert, the expert being Mikhail Lomonosov, a Russian scientist and writer from the seventeenth century.
Reagan is quoting Lomonosov in order to add authority to his speech, so that his speech does not only express his own views, but also the views of a renowned person who had similar ideas.
Answer:
D. The excerpt demonstrates pathos because the author presents a compelling story using emotional language.
Explanation:
In an excerpt, there is a story about a girl who is struggling to get up and be prepared for work. She is a hardworking girl, who gets up quite early and goes to work. Young girl has to work. From an excerpt, the reader can see her dedication to go to work. It is an emotional story about a girl who works hard, even though there are not many details there are used well to describe her struggling.
The pathos in this excerpt evokes sadness in a reader when the reader can see a girl struggling with her making money for a living. The reader can feel pity for the girl because she is young and she must work and get up early.
The rhetorical appeal is used in this excerpt to highlight the young girl struggling and working. It also is used to make readers feel sympathy and compassion throw objective representation of her morning. The rhetorical appeal is demonstrated in the picture of her hardworking and makes her character more close to the readers.
