Which strategy does Jordan most use in this speech?
A.
repetition
B.
rhetorical questions
C.
similes
D.
metaphors
Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, 1976
by Barbara Jordan
Barbara Jordan, a US representative from Texas, delivered the following speech at the 1976 Democratic National Convention. She was the first woman and the first African American to deliver a keynote speech at a Democratic National Convention.
Let there be no illusions about the difficulty of forming this kind of a national community. It's tough, difficult, not easy. But a spirit of harmony will survive in America only if each of us remembers that we share a common destiny; if each of us remembers, when self-interest and bitterness seem to prevail, that we share a common destiny.
I have confidence that we can form this kind of national community.
I have confidence that the Democratic Party can lead the way.
I have that confidence.
We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders of the Republic. There is no way to improve upon that. But what we can do is to find new ways to implement that system and realize our destiny.
Now I began this speech by commenting to you on the uniqueness of a Barbara Jordan making a keynote address. Well I am going to close my speech by quoting a Republican President and I ask you that as you listen to these words of Abraham Lincoln, relate them to the concept of a national community in which every last one of us participates:
"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master." This—This—"This expresses my idea of Democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no Democracy."
Thank you.
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Ответ:
Ответ:
b. The narrator reflects the Southern environment when she uses the phrase "walked on off," an example of nonstandard English.
Explanation:
The fact that you mention Tea Cake means that you are likely referring to the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston. This novel is set in the south during the early 20th century, and the way in which it is written reflects this. The narrator in the text reflects the Southern environment the novel is set in. Moreover, the narrator employs the nonstandard English that was common among the African American people of the area.