read this excerpt from winston churchill's "their finest hour' speech:
we may now ask ourselves: in what way has our position
worsened since the beginning of the war? it has worsened
by the fact that the germans have conquered a large part
of the coast line of western europe, and many small
countries have been overrun by them. if invasion has
become more imminent, as no doubt it has, we, being
relieved from the task of maintaining a large army in
france, have far larger and more efficient forces to meet it.
which statement best explains one way that the structure of this excerpt is
effective?
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a. it balances the negative of france's fall with the positive of
england's ability to better defend itself.
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b. it employs pathos to inspire the british people to keep their spirits
up.
c. it employs ethos to inspire british troops to resist the coming
invasion
o
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d. it uses a rhetorical question to emphasize that england has not
yet been invaded by germany.

In the following sentence identify the words of the subordinate clause and name its type. we believe that christianity is the key to a better world.

Read the selection below and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes o, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 

 'let him lie in my arms. he is breathing, i know.
 look. i'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – the sea's rising,
 the boat must be lightened. he's dead. he must go.' 


 see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, 
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, 
 and the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover 
 and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.
 'come, lady, he's dead.' - 'no, i feel his heart beating,
 he's living, i know. but he's numbed with the cold. 
 see, i'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' -
- 'no. we can't keep the dead, dear. come, loosen your hold.

 'come. loosen your fingers.' - 'o god, let me keep him! ' -
 o, hide it, black night! let the winds have their way! 
 and there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, 
 to fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. which choice best describes the conflict in this poem? the winds are rocking the boat. a man is thrown into the sea. a woman doesn’t want to let go of her dead lover. someone is crying in the darkness.

Read the excerpt from act i of the importance of being earnest. lady bracknell. well, i must say, algernon, that i think it is high time that mr. bunbury made up his mind whether he was going to live or to die. this shilly-shallying with the question is absurd. . i should be much obliged if you would ask mr. bunbury, from me, to be kind enough not to have a relapse on saturday, for i rely on you to arrange my music for me. it is my last reception, and one wants something that will encourage conversation, particularly at the end of the season when every one has practically said whatever they had to say, which, in most cases, was probably not much. what aspect of lady bracknell’s behavior does wilde use to poke fun at the importance placed on frivolous events in formal society? her concern with a party instead of mr. bunbury’s health her interest in playing classical music at her reception her jealousy over algernon’s friendship with the sickly mr. bunbury her concern about the health of algernon’s friend