Read the passage from John F. Kennedy’s “Speech at American University.”

The United States, as the world knows, will never start a war. We do not want a war. We do not now expect a war. This generation of Americans has already had enough—more than enough—of war and hate and oppression.

What are the most likely effects of President Kennedy’s use of an appeal to pathos in this passage?

Select all that apply.

Speech at American University

The audience will feel hopeful that war may be avoided.
The audience will feel unified in the desire to embrace peace.
The audience will feel soothed because peace has been promised.
The audience will feel defeated about previous wars fought.

The first step in making a mental model for a compare-and-contrast text is a. comparing the two things being described. b. finding important details in the text. c. contrasting the two things being described. d. connecting details to what is already known.

What is central purpose of the letter

Read the excerpt from hemingway’s a farewell to arms. we parked the cars beyond the brickyard. the ovens and some deep holes had been equipped as dressing stations. there were three doctors that i knew. i talked with the major and learned that when it should start and our cars should be loaded we would drive them back along the screened road and up to the main road along the ridge where there would be a post and other cars to clear them. which best describes hemingway’s style of writing in the excerpt? straightforward and simple, while still relating a lot of information to the reader long-winded and offering far too much information to the reader overly complicated, making it difficult to interpret and understand the text effortless and uncomplicated, with little meaning for the reader to interpret