<em>Which sentence in this excerpt from President Richard Nixon's speech "The Great Silent Majority" contains the thesis statement?
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<em>The correct answer is: Let us all understand that the question before us is not whether some Americans are for peace and some Americans are against peace. The question at issue is not whether Johnson's war becomes Nixon's war. The great question is: How can we win America’s peace?
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- <em>This sentence contains the thesis statement. The topic is, “How can we win America’s peace?” And how does President Nixon control the ideas of his thesis? First, he says what the question is not, he says that it is not about who is against or in favor of peace, or who started Vietnam War. When Nixon says what the question is not, helps us in being more objective with the topic, he urges not to fall into the misconceptions of the topic and to focus on what really matters: “How can we win America’s peace?” In addition, when Nixon says what the question is not, he is reflecting his opinion, or judgment. </em>
Answer:
SPIRIT
Explanation:
BECAUSE IT IS EVERY THING
The line "Imitation is suicide" from Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Self-Reliance" uses the rhetorical device metaphor. The correct answer is option C. Metaphor is a figure of speech that is used to convey an implied comparison between two different objects. In this line, the word "imitation" is compared to "suicide".
