Read the excerpt from “remarks by the president on osama bin laden.” we must—and we will—remain vigilant at home and abroad. as we do, we must also reaffirm that the united states is not—and never will be—at war with islam. i’ve made clear, just as president bush did shortly after 9/11, that our war is not against islam. bin laden was not a muslim leader; he was a mass murderer of muslims. indeed, al qaeda has slaughtered scores of muslims in many countries, including our own. so his demise should be welcomed by all who believe in peace and human dignity. in the excerpt, obama refers to a statement president george bush made following the 9/11 attacks. which option best explains obama’s purpose for using allusion as a rhetorical feature in the excerpt?

Read the excerpt from "politics and the english language" by george orwell. by this morning’s post i have received a pamphlet dealing with conditions in germany. the author tells me that he "felt impelled” to write it. i open it at random, and here is almost the first sentence that i see: "[the allies] have an opportunity not only of achieving a radical transformation of germany’s social and political structure in such a way as to avoid a nationalistic reaction in germany itself, but at the same time of laying the foundations of a cooperative and unified europe.” which statement is correct? orwell uses an example and statistical evidence in this excerpt. orwell uses an example and a quotation for evidence in this excerpt. orwell uses hypothetical and factual evidence in this excerpt. orwell uses hypothetical and statistical evidence in this excerpt.