Select the correct answer.Read the excerpt from Mandela’s Inaugural Address.We dedicate this day to all the heroes and heroines in this country and the rest of the world who sacrificed in many ways and surrendered their lives so that we could be free. Their dreams have become reality. Freedom is their reward.How does Mandela connect to his audience in these sentences? A. He expresses anger toward people in the audience who have opposed his efforts. B. He expresses condolences to people in the audience who have been committed to justice. C. He expresses gratitude to people in the audience who have been committed to justice. D. He expresses sadness toward people in the audience who have opposed his efforts.
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Select the correct answer.Read the excerpt from Mandela’s Inaugural Address.We dedicate this day to all the heroes and heroines in this country and the rest of the world who sacrificed in many ways and surrendered their lives so that we could be free. Their dreams have become reality. Freedom is their reward.How does Mandela connect to his audience in these sentences? A. He expresses anger toward people in the audience who have opposed his efforts. B. He expresses condolences to people in the audience who have been committed to justice. C. He expresses gratitude to people in the audience who have been committed to justice. D. He expresses sadness toward people in the audience who have opposed his efforts.
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C. He expresses gratitude to people in the audience who have been committed to justice.
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Read the following excerpt from the end of Nelson Mandela’s “Inaugural Address.”Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another and suffer the indignity of being the skunk of the world.The sun shall never set on so glorious a human achievement.Let freedom reign.God bless Africa!Why does Mandela choose to conclude in this way? A. to create a call for unity B. to ask for a return to nature C. to emphasize hard work D. to remember the past
Read these sentences from Nelson Mandela’s Inaugural Address.We would also like to pay tribute to our security forces, in all their ranks, for the distinguished role they have played in securing our first democratic elections and the transition to democracy, from blood-thirsty forces which still refuse to see the light.The time for the healing of the wounds has come.The moment to bridge the chasms that divide us has come.The time to build is upon us.How does Mandela use syntax to achieve his purpose here? A. He repeats short sentences to create a critical or urgent tone. B. He repeats his beliefs to encourage people to forget the past. C. He uses short sentences to make an appeal to simpler times. D. He repeats complicated concepts to establish his credibility.
Select the correct text in the passage.Which sentence best expresses a celebratory message?Inaugural Addressby Nelson Mandela (excerpt)We have, at last, achieved our political emancipation. We pledge ourselves to liberate all our people from the continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, suffering, gender and other discrimination.We succeeded to take our last steps to freedom in conditions of relative peace. We commit ourselves to the construction of a complete, just and lasting peace.We have triumphed in the effort to implant hope in the breasts of the millions of our people. We enter into a covenant that we shall build the society in which all South Africans, both black and white, will be able to walk tall, without any fear in their hearts, assured of their inalienable right to human dignity - a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world.As a token of its commitment to the renewal of our country, the new Interim Government of National Unity will, as a matter of urgency, address the issue of amnesty for various categories of our people who are currently serving terms of imprisonment.We dedicate this day to all the heroes and heroines in this country and the rest of the world who sacrificed in many ways and surrendered their lives so that we could be free.Their dreams have become reality. Freedom is their reward.
Dr. Nelson Mandela defined freedom as:Select one:a.To be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of othersb.‘where the mind is without fear and the head is held high’c.None of thesed.freedom entails “willing enslavement to the laws”
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