What techniques does Quindlen use to support the idea that America becomes one in the face of tragedy?
Check all that apply.
facts and statistics
When photographs of the faces of all those who died in
the World Trade Center destruction are assembled in one
place, it will be possible to trace in the skin color, the
shape of the eyes and the noses, the texture of the hair, a
map of the world. These are the representatives of a
mongrel nation that somehow, at times like this, has one
spirit. Like many improbable ideas, when it actually
works, it's a wonder.
-"A Quilt of a Country,"
Anna Quindlen
emotional language
vivid imagery
quotations from other people
neutral language
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Read the following excerpt from anne frank remembered by miep gies. i said to myself, you can do what you like, even drink poison, but i will stay here. then he said again, "i'll be back to check on you. one wrong move and off you go to prison too." he turned and shut me into the room alone. i had no idea where he'd gone. i had no idea what was going on in the rest of the house. i was in a terrible mental state. i felt as though i were falling into a bottomless hole. which sentence from the excerpt would a prepared speaker best use to support the viewpoint that miep gies was in terrible danger? i said to myself, you can do what you like, even drink poison, but i will stay here. then he said again, "i'll be back to check on you. one wrong move and off you go to prison too." i had no idea what was going on in the rest of the house. i felt as though i were falling into a bottomless hole.