Question

quiz 3: historical speeches read the following lines from kennedy’s speech: ‘what we need in the united states is not division; what we need in the united states is not hatred; what we need in the united states is not violence and lawlessness, but is love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country...’ which of the following statements about the lines is true? the lines use parallelism. kennedy is using rhetoric to emphasize his main message. the words used here express a tone of sadness over the death of his friend, but also of an urgency to end the violence in the u.s. all of these choices are correct.

Explanation:

1. Analyze the first option: The lines talk about what the US needs (love, wisdom, compassion; not division, hatred, etc.), so saying the US is not violence and lawlessness is a valid interpretation? Wait, no, let's check each option.
2. Second option: The structure "what we need... is not...; what we need... is not..." is parallelism (repeating the same grammatical structure), so this is true.
3. Third option: Kennedy is using rhetoric (persuasive language) to emphasize his message about ending violence and promoting positive values, so this is true.
4. Fourth option: The words like "love", "wisdom", "compassion", "sadness", "urgency" do express a tone of sadness over a loss (likely MLK's death) and urgency to end violence, so this is true.
5. Since all the above statements (about parallelism, rhetoric use, tone, and the first statement's validity? Wait, let's re - evaluate the first option. The lines are about what the US needs (positive things) and what it should not be (division, hatred), so saying "United States is not violence and lawlessness" is in line with the "not division", "not hatred" structure. So all the choices are correct.

Answer:

All of these choices are correct.