Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this article. Read this excerpt from "Nixon Resigns" by Carroll Kilpatrick:

When he first took the oath, he said, he made a “sacred commitment” to “consecrate my office and wisdom to the cause of peace among nations.”

Which statement best explains how the use of language affects the tone?

A. It creates a formal and solemn tone.

B. It creates an informal and skeptical tone.

C. It creates a formal and suspicious tone.

D. It creates an informal and exultant tone.

Will give if correct read the passage first of all, if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that [it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest, but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norgay gazed down upon the world from its summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.

As you read in this lesson, satire depends on the audience recognizing and agreeing with the satirist’s implicit criticism of his or her target. how effective can satire be in shaping behavior or opinions if the audience is always in on the joke and thus never the target? your answer should be at least 250 words.

What is the main source of irony in this poem? -the idea that winning is really losing -the idea that failures hold success in higher esteem than those who are successful -the idea that dying is winning