Read the excerpt from "Children of the Drug Wars." By sending these children away, "you are handing them a death sentence," says José Arnulfo Ochoa Ochoa, an expert in Honduras with World Vision International, a Christian humanitarian aid group. This abrogates international conventions we have signed and undermines our credibility as a humane country. It would be a disgrace if this wealthy nation turned its back on the 52,000 children who have arrived since October, many of them legitimate refugees. The underlined words and phrases have strong negative connotations. How do they support the author's purpose?

The underlined words and phrases have strong negative connotations. and they support the author's purpose in this manner: (a) draw attention to the opinion that the United States is not doing enough to help these children.

A word or phrase that has a negative connotation is one that conveys negative thoughts or pessimism. The underlined words in the sentence are; "By sending these children away, "you are handing them a death sentence."

These words imply that the United States would be harming the children by sending them away.

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(a) draw attention to the opinion that the United States is not doing enough to help these children

Explanation:

From the excerpt of the book Children of the Drug Wars, the author Damon Barret discusses the impact the war on drugs and drugs, in general, had on the children.

From the underlined words By sending these children away, you are handing them a death sentence it shows that the United States government is not doing enough to help the children by sending them away and it would undermine the credibility as a humane country.

c? not a 100% sure

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