What strategy lies behind the use of this quotation? B. Using a quotation by this respected president would link Jordan's words to the much revered President Lincoln's words in the minds of the listeners, giving her credibility. The quotation gives her speech validity.
(...) Well I am going to close my speech by quoting a Republican President and I ask you that as you listen to these words of Abraham Lincoln, relate them to the concept of a national community in which every last one of us participates:
"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master." This -- This -- "This expresses my idea of Democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no Democracy."
<em>Barbara Jordan was a politician (feminist) and leader of the black civil rights movement in the United States.</em>
<span>A central or a main idea is an idea around which your entire paper or essay or paragraph or whatever it is you're writing, revolves. You have a central idea that you're trying to convey and everything you write or say somehow relates to that idea and proves a point that you're trying to make.</span>
I don't know any of the other similes because I have no idea what poem you read but here is the answer to what growing old like an onion could convey:
Onions are layered, as they grow more and more layers grow. This could mean that as Rachel grows, she gains more layers of knowledge and experiences and they keep layering over time as she grows.
I don’t know what the passage is
