What is most likely Mrs. Obama’s reason for including the following passage in her speech (paragraph 13)? See, I learned respect from how my parents cared for my great aunt and uncle—how my mother would wake up in the middle of the night to check on my great aunt, how my father would prop himself up against the bathroom sink each morning, leaning hard on his crutches, to give my great uncle a shave.
Answer choices for the above question

A. To draw sympathy from the audience by detailing the difficulties her family went through

B. To show how she learned that one should sacrifice yourself to help others

C. To suggest that not everyone can have the amazing success and good fortune that she and her husband have had

D. To explain why her father could not be with them at the graduation

Frustrated pride may lead to spite just as loyalty may lead to vengeance and a eagerness for glory may turn into greed explain how each creature beowulf battles represents as extreme and dangerous form of warrior values and behavior

In the following lines from beowulf, what literary technique has the poet used in the underlined words? to many it seemed the wolf-of-the-waves had won his life oa. synecdoche b. epithet c. kenning od. litotes

Read the following excerpt from f. scott fitzgerald's the great gatsbyin the ditch beside the road, right side up, but violentlyshorn of one wheel, rested a new coupé which had leftgatsby's drive not two minutes before. the sharp jut of awall accounted for the detachment of the wheel, whichwas now getting considerable attention from half a dozencurious chauffeurs. however, as they had left their carsblocking the road, a harsh, discordant din from those in therear had been audible for some time, and added to thealready violent confusion of the scene. which statement provides the best analysis of the symbolism in thepassage? a. the phrase "discordant din" echoes the theme of disillusionment. b. the words "violent confusion" convey the abandonment of theamerican dreamc. the cars suggest the carelessness and recklessness of the upperclassd. the ditch represents the moral decay that was occurring inamerica at the time.