Read this excerpt from Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and then answer the question that follows:

(1) Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation: conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men
are created equal
can long endure. We are met on a great
Now we are engaged in a great civil war.. testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated
battlefield of that war.

(2) We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that this nation might live. It is altogether fitting and
proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate... we cannot consecrate... we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and
dead, who struggled here have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it
can never forget what they did here.

What is the main purpose of this speech?

A) To enrage the crowd

B) To make new demands

C) To provide a change

D) To show respect

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.she dwelt among the untrodden waysbeside the springs of dove,a maid whom there were none to praiseand very few to love: a violet by a mossy stonehalf hidden from the eye! fair as a star, when only oneis shining in the sky.she lived unknown, and few could knowwhen lucy ceased to be; but she is in her grave, and, oh,the difference to me! (wordsworth, "she dwelt among the untrodden ways")which option best explains how the choice of the word oh in the final stanza contributes to the poem's meaning? it was selected to create a regular end rhyme.it was selected to establish assonance in the line.it was selected to maintain the line's iambic structure.it was selected to stress the poet's sense of loss.

Which two methods of waste management do you believe are best for society? support your argument with text

What argument does thomas jefferson make in this excerpt from the declaration of independence? we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.-that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, -that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. a. b. c. the american colonists desire a more peaceful alliance with great britain but their british counterparts do not. the american colonists have a right to seek freedom from great britain due to the continued oppression of their basic rights. the american colonies could form a better government than the one established by great britain to govern them. the king of britain and the members of british parliament have little interest in the welfare of the colonies. od. e. the american colonies should have sufficient representation in british parliament if america and great britain are to coexist peacefully.