Read the excerpt from a speech by eleanor roosevelt after the japanese attacked pearl harbor. which sentence best illustrates a reassuring and understanding tone?

a: is it i should like to say just a word to the women in the country tonight. i have a boy at sea on a destroyer, for all i know he may be on his way to the pacific.

b: many of you all over the country have boys in the services who will now be called upon to go into action.

c: you cannot escape anxiety

or d: you cannot escape a clutch of fear at your heart and yet i hope that the certainty of what we have to meet will make you rise above these fears.

Which excerpt from initiation is the best example of an internal conflict

Read this excerpt from lorraine hansberry's a raisin in the sun: based on the character description, what can the reader infer about travis? a. he is organized and has an established morning routine. b. he has inherited his good looks from his mother, not his father. c. he doesn't like having to share a bathroom with other families. d. he is a little boy of about 10 or 11.

Read the quotation from "an occurrence at owl creek bridge." and now he became conscious of a new disturbance. striking through the thought of his dear ones was a sound which he could neither ignore nor understand, a sharp, distinct, metallic percussion like the stroke of a blacksmith’s hammer upon the anvil; it had the same ringing quality. he wondered what it was, and whether immeasurably distant or near by—it seemed both. its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell. he awaited each stroke with impatience and—he knew not why—apprehension. the intervals of silence grew progressively longer, the delays became maddening. with their greater infrequency the sounds increased in strength and sharpness. they hurt his ear like the thrust of a knife; he feared he would shriek. what he heard was the ticking of his watch. which best describes the effect of the narration in the excerpt? it suggests that the man being executed feels tranquil and at peace. it suggests that the narrator is sympathetic to the man being executed. it suggests that the plot will become less tense as the story continues. it suggests that the story will become more intense and mysterious.