Based on structural elements, what type of expository text does this excerpt from a 1917 Congressional address by President Woodrow Wilson exemplify
persuasive essay
creative nonfictionpersonal memoir
This excerpt is from Woodrow Wilson's 2 April, 1917 "War Message to Congress". Wilson emphasizes the importance of human lives over material thing by saying "I am not now thinking of the loss of property involved ......... but only of the wanton and wholesale destruction of the lives of noncombatants, men, women, and children". Applying the rhetoric in his speech Wilson uses persuasive language to make the nation enter the war with Germany.
B. instruct
C. correct
D. destroy
What is the meaning of the underlined word promiscuously as it is used in the passage?
immorally
haphazardly
systematically
impurely
Answer:
The meaning of the underlined word "promiscuously" as it is used in the passage is the following one:
Haphazardly.
Explanation:
If the bones lay "promiscuously" upon the earth, it means they did not lay there in a particular order, that is, they were simply thrown there in a completely random way. In other words, the bones lay "haphazardly" upon the earth.
b. False
Both proverbs advocate caution and thoughtful decision-making, one focusing on actions and the other on words.
Both "look before you leap" and "think today and speak tomorrow" stress the value of exercising caution and making well informed choices. They caution against acting in a hasty manner without first thinking through the repercussions. Both proverbs advise pausing to think things over and coming to wise decisions.
They both convey the same fundamental idea, but they put slightly different emphasis on it. "Look before you leap" emphasizes the importance of thinking things through carefully and cautiously before acting. The phrase "think today and speak tomorrow" on the other hand, emphasizes the need to think before speaking and suggests that one should carefully select their words rather than speaking on the spur of the moment.
In essence, both proverbs urge caution but one emphasizes deeds while the other emphasizes words.
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