Instructions: select the correct text in the passage.

which line in this excerpt from “the gun” by philip k. is an example of euphemism?

the captain peered into the eyepiece of the telescope. [he adjusted the focus quickly.]

"it was an atomic fission we saw, all right," he said presently. he sighed and pushed the eyepiece away. "any of you who wants to look may do so.[ but it's not a pretty sight."]

"let me look," tance the archeologist said. he bent down to look, squinting. "good lord! " [he leaped violently back], knocking against dorle, the chief navigator.

"why did we come all this way, then? " dorle asked, looking around at the other men. "there's no point even in landing. let's go back at once."

"perhaps he's right," the biologist murmured. ["but i'd like to look for myself, if i may.]" he pushed past tance and peered into the sight.

In the reading, statement on the assassination of martin luther king, jr., which of the following inferences is best supported by the second paragraph? martin luther king dedicated his life to love and to justice between fellow human beings. he died in the cause of that effort. in this difficult day, in this difficult time for the united states, it’s perhaps well to ask what kind of a nation we are and what direction we want to move in. for those of you who are black—considering the evidence evidently is that there were white people who were responsible—you can be filled with bitterness, and with hatred, and a desire for revenge. question 5 options: a) the speaker is urging the same non-violent response that was preached by the slain martin luther king, jr. b) the speaker doesn’t want people to be angry about the death of martin luther king, jr. c) the speaker is trying to encourage racial resentment. d) the speaker wishes he hadn’t been born an american citizen.

In this unit ,we learned about arguments and rhetoric. in an argument we ,not informal language.

Messalla frowns at the wide circular cover, for a moment returning to his own fussy world.