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A Defenseless Creature
Review / End Test
Question 1
Read the passage and answer the question.
Part A: Which of the following statements best expresses a theme of the story?

Which two lines in this excerpt from elizabeth bishops the fish suggests that the speaker respects the fish

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.

How did the language of the gettysburg address differ from the language in the secondary source about this speech?