Identify the persuasive and rhetorical techniques in this passage: "I refuse to accept the idea that the "isness" of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal "oughtness" that forever confronts him. I refuse to accept the idea that man is mere flotsom and jetsom in the river of life, unable to influence the unfolding events which surround him. I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality." -Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech

Evaluate the tone of this cover letter. is it appropriate?

"though i had a million things to do, i stayed in bed, thinking about the dream. unwillingly, i eventually got up and did the immediate necessities, and then put everything that i possibly could on the back burner and sat down at the computer to write—something i hadn't done in so long that i wondered why i was bothering." which of the following most effectively condenses the underlined sentences by using deletion and substitution? a. she got out of bed reluctantly and did her immediate necessities. b. even though she had a million things to do, she finally got out of bed unwillingly and did her immediate necessities. c. though she had a million things to do, she stayed in bed, thinking about the dream. unwillingly, she eventually got up and did the immediate necessities. d. she got out of bed anyway.

Which number is main idea? i need this quick. 5. (1) preventing, not treating, social problems is the goal of an increasing number of programs. (2) by teaching teenagers to resist peer pressure, for example, one program them avoid serious problems with drinking and drugs. (3) in another program, nurses taught poor, young, pregnant women all the basics of good child care. (4) these young mothers then gave better care to their babies than mothers who did not receive such training. (5) a third program paired at-risk teenagers with adults from the community. (6) each adult agreed to meet with the teenager on a regular basis through all four years of high school. (7) the result was that none of the teenagers dropped out of high schools in which the average dropout rate was close to 50 percent. (8) instead, almost all of the teenagers went on to college.