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 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 emotional language vivid imagery quotations from other people neutral language

In accordance with the excerpt given, the answer is emotional language and vivid imagery. The author instigates the readers’ imagination by guiding them into picturing all the victims of the tragedy, their photos gathered, the mixture of races and traces, “a map of the world”. She strongly calls the USA a mongrel nation, not only to express how diverse it is in terms of races but also to express diversity of opinions, beliefs. Even though those opinions and beliefs may keep people apart due to our human tendency to judge what and who we see as different, in times of tragedy the country “has one spirit”. The same way death makes no distinction, neither does grief. The segregating opinions and beliefs disappear in the face of pain, of kindness, of the need to support and be supported.

the rhetorical devices that he used in "common sense" are syntax for his sentence structure and pathos for his emotion against the british unfairly treating the "americans" and logos of what documents that what happened to the pilgrims when they had the mayflower compact and how that the british were wanting to have one religion but the compact said for any religion to be accepted.

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