Concept checking is the process of a teacher asking questions to their students to make sure they understand the vocabulary/grammar you have taught them. =)
The answer to this ? Is D
The dissenters in the flag-burning case and their supporters might at this juncture note an irony in my argument. My point is that freedom of conscience and expression is at the core of our self-conception and that commitment to it requires the rejection of official dogma. But how is that admittedly dogmatic belief different from any other dogma, such as the one inferring that freedom of expression stops at the border of the flag?
The crucial distinction is that the commitment to freedom of conscience and expression states the simplest and least self-contradictory principle that seems to capture our aspirations. Any other principle is hopelessly at odds with our commitment to freedom of conscience. The controversy surrounding the flag-burning case makes the case well.
The controversy will rage precisely because burning the flag is such a powerful form of communication. Were it not, who would care? Thus were we to embrace a prohibiton on such communication, we would be saying that the 1st Amendment protects expression only when no one is offended. That would mean that this aspect of the 1st Amendment would be of virtually no consequence. It would protect a person only when no protection was needed. Thus, we do have one official dogma-each American may think and express anything he wants. The exception is expression that involves the risk of injury to others and the destruction of someone else`s property. Neither was present in this case.
Shakespeare is different from other playwrights for so many reasons. First of all, the level of his language and structure is far superior to other writers; his use of iambic pentameter-varied with other meters to show class or character-is usually textbook. Also, he wrote for the people. He used common themes and didn't make the audience rely on previous knowledge of history or events or people, which made his plays reach a wider audience and it's why they still are widely read and performed today.
In the excerpt above, the sentence is a _compound-complex sentence_.
This one makes the most sense.
