Which passage from kennedy’s inaugural address is a metaphor?
a. “and let every other power know that this hemisphere intends to remain the master of its own house.”
b. “to our sister republics south of our border, we offer a special pledge—to convert our good words into good deeds . . ”
c. “for only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed.”
d. “let us never negotiate out of fear. but let us never fear to negotiate.”

The correct answer is:

A. And let every other power know that this Hemisphere intends to remain the master of its own house.

Explanation:

President John F. Kennedy delievered his ignaugural address in January 1961, and it is considered one of the greatest ignaugural addresses in the history of the United States (along with the first and second of Abraham Lincoln, and F. Roosevelt's first one).

This address is one of the greatest because of it's strong message, it's effect on the audience and the literary devices it contains. One of the literary devices the address contains is the metaphor (which refers to a literary device in which an author uses one object to compare a relation between another object to define the similarities or characteristics). In this case "And let every other power know that this Hemisphere intends to remain the master of its own house" is using metaphor as its rhetorical figure because is comparing the Hemisphere to a house, and the countries to the master.

Kennedy's inaugural address was intended to give a message to both American citizens, and enemies (especially the Soviet Union) about how the nation was strong, fearless and would defend itself from any attack, and to state that the whole continent was allied, and that the United States would help those in need.

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"character is what you are in the dark." dwight lyman moody, in this very witty quotation of his, states we act and think differently when we are "in the dark", that is, when the spotlight is not on us and everyone can see us and consequently judge us. when reading, we tend to be sympathetic to some characters and their dilemmas. by being so, we are saying to ourselves that we agree with those characters' acts and choices, even if they are morally questionable if we have common sense in mind. dwight lyman moody's quotation applies very well to "crime and punishment", by   19th century russian writer fiodor dostoyevsky. raskolnikov, the main character, a former law student who spends his days reflecting upon life and its misery, draws a fatal conclusion: mankind is divided in two main categories: ordinary and extraordinary people. the first are the ones who lead a run-of-the-mill existence and are full of imperfections; the latter are the ones who are spiritually superior, the ones who always know better, and have the right to judge the ordinary ones, as well as eliminate them if for common good. raskolnikov considers himself as belonging to the extraordinary category and decides to kill an old lady who is a money lender and in whose house he rents a small room. raskolnikov compares himself to napoleon, who had the undeniable right to execute tons of people during the war in order to save his nation. of course what the main character decides to do is a horrendous crime, but as readers we feel it is the right thing for him to do, since the victim is a mean old woman who only thinks about money and keeps humiliating her younger sister. what one experiences is a mixture of sympathy and empathy for the character, even though he decides to commit homicide, which is not at all accepted or tolerated by civilized citizens. however, since readers are "in the dark", they allow themselves to feel in ways they would probably never dare to confess to anyone, no matter how nasty or vicious a character can be. after all, they are just reading and doing no harm. in other words, readers are in the dark and can be who they are without being judged.