Read the excerpt from president jimmy carter’s speech “energy and the national goals—a crisis of confidence.” we know the strength of america. we are strong. we can regain our unity. we can regain our confidence. we are the heirs of generations who survived threats much more powerful and awesome than those that challenge us now. in this excerpt, carter uses two types of rhetorical devices: he uses to make a connection between the past and the present generations, and he uses to support his argument that america is strong because of its citizens. a. repetition; parallelism b. parallelism; hyperbole c. hyperbole; anaphora d. parallelism; anaphora

The correct answer is C. Carter uses Hyperbole to make a connection between the past and the present in the sentence "We are the heirs of generations who survived threats much more powerful and awesome than those that challenge us now. Hyperbole makes an unrealistic comparison ob things, which is exemplified by the phrase much more powerful and awesome than.

He uses Anaphora to support his argument that America is strong because of its citizens in the phrase "We know the strength of America. We are strong. We can regain our unity. We can regain our confidence. Anaphora is a way of repetition, more specifically the repetition of the first part of the sentence which we can see in the repeated use of the word  we.

The other options are not correct since option C is the only one that has a device that makes a comparison

free time is when all my homework and chores have been done for the day and i am "free" to do things that i enjoy doing.

usually i spend time watching television. as my favorite tv shows come on at specific times, i make sure that i finish my homework and chores well before the shows. otherwise i will have to miss them. mostly i manage to watch the shows but sometimes extra homework or chores may cause me to miss a show or two, but it is rare. anyhow if i know that i am definitely not able to catch a show in time, i will just set the video recorder to tape the show sothe evening when the weather is fine, i sometimes go for a stroll around the neighborhood with my friends. this is the time when most the neighbors have come home from work or school. we say hello to those whom we know. they are mostly friendly people and they acknowledge our greetings. once in a while we come upon unfriendly neighbors but we just ignore them and carry on. that i can watch it later.