Need help quick! Define the following words

1. Sponsor:
2. Stun:
3. Dispatcher:
4. Scuffle:
5. Whimper:

1. Sponsor: a person or organization that pays for or contributes to the costs involved in staging a sporting or artistic event in return for advertising.

2. Stun: knock unconscious or into a dazed or semi-conscious state.

3. Dispatcher: a person whose job is to receive messages and organize the movement of people or vehicles, especially in the emergency services.

4. Scuffle:  short, confused fight or struggle at close quarters.

5. Whimper: make a series of low, feeble sounds expressive of fear, pain, or unhappiness.

Explanation:

the price of our current war is high; it costs money and it costs lives.

but it does not cost our pride. it does not cost the guilt that would arise from knowing that we did nothing to intervene while our neighboring nations fell to despotic leaders.

it does not cost the terror of knowing that our allies are unstable. it does not cost the fear that we, too, will be next to fall.

which sentence most accurately explains why the speaker's use of the parallel structure is effective in this passage?

a. it underscores that disagreement will not be tolerated and will be dealt with swiftly.

b. it makes the speaker seem like a decisive and capable leader.

c. it emphasizes reasons to fight and inspires listeners to aid the war effort.

d. it establishes the speaker's credibility by acknowledging the difficulties of war.