1.
Select two examples of how President Obama develops the idea that
creativity has "always played a central role in the life of our nation."

President Obama believed it was music that reflected the success of a nation in the platform of creativity.

Explanation:

Creativity has "always played a central role in the life of our nation"  was an encouraging speech to honor the 50th anniversary of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Humanities. He encouraged believe to to celebrate America's creativity.

the sentence does not violate the phrase structure second rule (introduced by noam chomsky) because noun phrases consist of a determiner such as a, the or every, and a noun. in the sentence, the noun phrase the cake includes a determiner (the) and a noun (cake).

on the other hand, the first rule indicates that a sentence encloses a noun phrase, followed by a verb phrase. the example sentence can be analysed as follows:

john (n) + ate (v) + the (det) + cake (n).

2. list two reasons why fossil fuels should no longer be used as a source of energy in america.