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"Remarks at the Dedication of the Aerospace Medical Health Center" by John F. Kennedy

Read the speech "Remarks at the Dedication of the Aerospace Medical Health Center" by John F. Kennedy. Then, reread the lines indicated with each question below. Answer each question, citing text evidence.

1. Lines 1–13: Who is Kennedy’s audience for this speech? What is Kennedy’s likely purpose? Which words hint at this purpose?

2. Lines 31–42: Find the lines in which Kennedy states his claim. Restate the claim in your own words.

3. Lines 43–55: What is the first reason Kennedy uses to prove his claim? What evidence does he provide for support?

4. Lines 56–72: Explain how the second reason Kennedy uses to prove his claim differs from the first reason.

5. Lines 79–88: What counterargument does Kennedy give here?

6. Lines 89–96: What is Kennedy

In this excerpt from phillip freneau's poem “american liberty,” the speaker describes being “slaves and minions to a parliament.” what is the intended meaning of this hyperbole? and should we now when spread thro' ev'ry shore, submit to that our fathers shunn'd before? should we, just heaven, our blood and labour spent, be slaves and minions to a parliament? perish the thought, nor may one wretch remain, who dares not fight and in our cause be slain; a. the speaker feels that the colonists should pay their share of taxes. b. the speaker believes that the british government is broken and should be fixed. c. the speaker thinks that the colonists are being unfairly treated by the british government. d. the speaker intends to lead a slave revolt against the british government.

What is the relationship between paragraph 2 paragraph 3 through 29?

Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 3, of julius caesar. cassius. am i not stayed for? tell me. cinna. yes, you are. o cassius, if you could but win the noble brutus to our party— cassius. be you content. good cinna, take this paper and look you lay it in the praetor’s chair, where brutus may but find it. and throw this in at his window. set this up with wax upon old brutus’ statue. all this done, repair to pompey’s porch, where you shall find us. is decius brutus and trebonius there? cinna. all but metellus cimber, and he’s gone to seek you at your house. well, i will hie, and so bestow these papers as you bade me. cassius. that done, repair to pompey’s theatre. what is cassius’s motivation for sending brutus the letter? cassius wants to make sure that cinna is on his side. cassius wants to reassure cinna that brutus will follow them. cassius wants to sway brutus to kill caesar. cassius wants to alert brutus about the conspiracy against him.