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is commencement speech "you are
but do not get the idea you're anything special. because
you're not
the empirical evidence is everywhere, numbers even an
english teacher can't ignore. across the country no
fewer than 3.2 million seniors are graduating about now
from more than 37,000 high schools. that's 37,000
37,000 class presidents 92,000
harmonizing 340,000 swaggering jocks
2,185,967 pairs of uggs. but why limit ourselves to high
school? after all, you're leaving it. so think about this: even
if you're one in a million, on a planet of 6.8 billion that
means there are nearly 7,000 people just like you.
what evidence does mccullough use to support his argument that the
graduating class is not special?
a. he uses math to show that only the valedictorian of the class is
special.
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b. he uses a metaphor to show that only 2,185,967 people on the
planet are special.
c. he uses math to show that there are at least 7,000 people similar
to each student.
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d. he uses a metaphor to show that class presidents are special.

i think it is b, but i am not sure.

explanation:

hancock was president of congress when the declaration of independence was adopted and signed. he is primarily remembered by americans for his large, flamboyant signature on the declaration, so much so that "john hancock" became, in the united states, an informal synonym for signature.

explanation:

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)