The assignment for this lesson is to pick a fact mentioned in Winston Churchill's "Their Finest Hour" speech and do some research to find out more about it. You'll describe that fact in a well-developed paragraph and then analyze how Churchill used the fact to strengthen his rhetoric.

The tone of a story is the author's attitude toward the subject. provide two examples that support the conclusion that the tone of this story is ironic.

Study the editorial cartoon mars probe by mike keefe. how does the alien with the baseball bat contribute to the effectiveness of the political cartoon? it suggests that aliens are like people because they play baseball, a human sport. it uses humor to show that unknown factors keep damaging the probes humans send. it shows how to cope with the surface of mars, which is rocky and full of craters. it exaggerates the size of the bat in relation to the mars probe in the cartoon.

Which statement best describes the intended aesthetic impact of this excerpt?