For the first part- luscious seems to fit the gracious description of the pastries.
And for the second question I'd say 'Gentle or friendly criticism or advice.'
Admonition is to advise or warn someone.
A key word from the passage to support my answer would be the word 'nudging' because when you think of the action of nudging it is a gentle motion of contacting with something.
Mirikitani's "Attack the Water" relates to Rukeyser's "Poem" because they both focus on what civilians experience during wartime. "Attack the Water" describes the struggle of Vietnamese people living during (and after) the Vietnam War, and of Japanese-Americans in the era of Japanese Labor camps. "Poem" reflects on the struggle of people living during both of the World Wars, trying to get by and to get through such a tragic time. Both of these poems show that even when people are not involved directly in a war, war can still have an immense impact on their lives.
The correct option is D.
In essay writing, an outline refers to a framework, on which one builds one's writing. Writing an outline usually involves writing out the main ideas and the sub ideas that one wants to present in a piece of writing. To do this, roman numeral is often used to indicate the main ideas in an outline. Generally, in formal outline, roman numeral is used to depicts the main ideas, capital letters are used to indicate the major details while Arabic numbers are used to depict the minor details. The major details are those details that support the main ideas while the minor details are those details that support the major details.
The excerpt that best expresses the theme in Jefferson Davis's speech is
A) “…whenever a Northern army should be assembled to march for the subjugation of the South, they would have a battle to fight at home before they passed the limits of their own State…”
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