Refer to explorations in literature for a complete version of this article. read this excerpt from “nixon resigns” by carroll kilpatrick: the president-to-be praised mr. nixon’s sacrifice for the country and called it “one of the very saddest incidents that i’ve ever witnessed.” which statement best explains how gerald ford’s use of informal language affects the tone of his quote? it creates a detached tone and prevents the reader from understanding ford's emotions. it creates a disturbing tone as it appears ford believes nixon did nothing wrong. it creates a solemn tone and provides the reader with insight into ford's feelings. it creates a lighthearted tone that shows ford is a regular person.

C) It creates a solemn tone and provides the reader with insight into Ford's feelings.

Explanation: The tone of a text or sentence is the author's or speaker's attitude towards the audience, the subject or even the characters of the text. There are many different kinds of tones, like: positive, negative, objective, sad, angry, etc. In the given excerpt from “Nixon Resigns” by Carroll Kilpatrick the use of informal language creates a solemn tone a provides the reader with insight into Ford's feelings (specifically, the sadness he is feelling).

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

16.) true

17.) true

18.) it doesn't say

19.) true

20.) false

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