Alisha began the introduction of her speech by saying: Have you ever been knocked down so hard by life that you didn’t feel you’d ever get back up? This happened to me many times, the first being when I tried to ride a bicycle when I was very young. Today I want to discuss with you some basic strategies for coping with life’s challenges. What kind of supporting material did Alisha use in her introduction?

the missing options are:

a. expert testimony

b. brief example

c. metaphor

d. hypothetical example

e. simile

The answer is b. brief example.

Explanation:

By talking about how she failed when she tried to ride a bike many years ago, Alisha is setting a brief example that helps to understand the idea of her speech, and also catches the attention of the audience because is something that a lot of people can relate to or associate with similar experiences.

the answer is b) ''i hereby express my profound remorse together with my sincere mourning ''.

the reason being that although all of the options provided are valid the main idea of the speech by prime minister junichiro koizumi is to express his and japan's current antiwar pledge.

he states that 59 years had passed since the war, he acknowledges the 3 million japanese that lost their lives during the war and those countries who were affected by their decisions, as well as the way japan intends to develop relationships across the globe however all of this can be summarize to how japan as a whole regrets the war and its consecuences.

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