Question

read the passage from “president nixon’s resignation speech,” in which nixon describes the concept of the great responsibilities of a president in troubled times. in passing this office to the vice president, i also do so with the profound sense of the weight of responsibility that will fall on his shoulders tomorrow and, therefore, of the understanding, the patience, the cooperation he will need from all americans. how does nixon use rhetoric to express this concept? president nixon’s resignation speech he uses hyperbole (intended exaggeration) to describe the “understanding,” “patience,” and “cooperation” ford needs to meet his responsibility. he uses alliteration in “passing,” “president,” and “profound” to evoke the relentlessness of presidential responsibility. he uses the personification of “responsibility” having a “sense,” which makes responsibility seem more vivid. he uses a metaphor of “weight” on ford’s “shoulders” to express the concept of how difficult the responsibility is. question 8 1 pts read the passage from president nixon’s resignation speech, in which nixon develops the theme that a nation’s strength is based on its shared values. as he assumes that responsibility, he will deserve the help and the support of all of us. as we look to the future, the first essential is to begin healing the wounds of this nation, to put the bitterness and divisions of the recent past behind us, and to rediscover those shared ideals that lie at the heart of our strength and unity as a great and as a free people. by taking this action, i hope that i will have hastened the start of that process of healing which is so desperately needed in america. how does nixon use the metaphor of “healing” from a “wound” to address the theme? president nixon’s resignation speech to describe himself and ford as doctors who will help the healing process to express how americans must come together to personify america as a person whose heart is our shared values to explain that ford will be responsible for helping america to forget about nixon’s involvement

Explanation:

For the first question:

1. Hyperbole is not used here; the request for understanding, patience, and cooperation is a sincere appeal, not exaggeration.
2. Alliteration is not present: "passing", "president", "profound" do not share an initial consonant sound.
3. Nixon does not personify responsibility as having a "sense"; he states he has a profound sense of responsibility's weight.
4. The phrase "weight of responsibility that will fall on his shoulders" is a clear metaphor, comparing the burden of the presidency to a physical weight, which conveys the difficulty of the role.

For Question 8:

1. Nixon does not frame himself or Ford as doctors; the metaphor focuses on the nation as the one needing healing.
2. The "healing" from a "wound" (the national bitterness and division) requires Americans to set aside differences and come together, which directly ties to the theme of shared values as the source of national strength.
3. The metaphor does not focus on personifying America's heart as shared values; it focuses on repairing division.
4. The metaphor is about national healing, not specifically making people forget Nixon's involvement.

Answer:

First question: He uses a metaphor of "weight" on Ford's "shoulders" to express the concept of how difficult the responsibility is.
Question 8: to express how Americans must come together