2. Which line from the selection best shows the relationship between past and present?
a. At first we'd pinch and slap each other, fighting for the best-least ragged- folding chair,
b. Cormorants are sleek, black birds, with long bending necks which the fishermen fitted
with the metal rings so fish they cought could not be swallowed.
c. "In these prairie crickets I often hear the sound of rippling waters, of the Yangtze River,"
she said.
d. She had taken advantage of the confusion to hurry to the river and vist her beloved.

Read this sentence from paragraph 4 of the speech. we set up the war-whoop, and dug up the tomahawk; our knives were ready, and the heart of black hawk swelled high in his bosom when he led his warriors to battle. how does black hawk use rhetoric to advance his viewpoint in this excerpt? a-the image of the “war-whoop,” the “tomahawk,” and the “knives” evoke violence, showing that black hawk took pleasure in fighting with the white men. b-the image of how his heart “swelled high in his bosom” evokes a feeling of pride, showing that black hawk believes his actions toward the white men were justified. c-the phrase “dug up the tomahawk” is an allusion to the many indian nations, showing that black hawk felt a kinship to others who had a similar plight. d- the phrase “led his warriors to battle” is an allusion to past wars, showing that black hawk believes war is a universal fact of life.