Which sentence conveys a tone that is inconsistent with the rest of the passage?
a) sentence 1
b) sentence 2
c) sentence 3
d) sentence 4

Sentence 4 (D)Explanation:

(1) Basketball is a team sport, the objective being to shoot a ball through a basket horizontally positioned to score points while following a set of rules. (2) Usually, two teams of five players play on a marked rectangular court with a basket at each end. (3) Basketball is one of the world's most popular and widely viewed sports. (4) People enjoy playing basketball because it is so cool. (5) There are millions of people across more than two hundred countries that play basketball around the world.

both the address and the poster use diction to convey their message. diction is defined as a style of writing or speaking based on the types of words chosen in order to send a message. parallelism is when a similar sentence structure is used for several sentences on a text; roosevelt's address doesn't follow that. repetition has to do with repeating a word or sentence in order to emphasize and idea, however neither the poster nor the address use repetion. finally, the address doesn't use images to convey a message.

hello,

this starts with

the areas residents asking congress for admission.

this is the first step in the process of admitting a new state,

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