Which sentence has the most traditional syntax

A. The mother, twisting and waiting quietly, hearing circled a pale finger

B. The mother waited quietly, twisting her ring around a pale finger

C. Waiting quietly and twisting her ring, the mother had a pale finger

D. With quiet waiting, the mother twisted her ring around a pale finger

Mr and mrs van daan murmur their welcome what are the playwrights indicating by using the word murmur?

Which line in this excerpt from the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald contains a simile? about half way between west egg and new york the motor-road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land. this is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air. occasionally a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-grey men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud which screens their obscure operations from your sight.

Evaluate the argument in president kennedy’s inaugural address for sacrificing oneself for the greater good of humanity. is this argument convincing? in what ways can we see the legacy of his request in this word today.