What is the central idealof the speech? to request aid from our foreign allies
to prepare the citizens of the United States as the country is about to enter into war
to threaten enemies of the United States and warn them about the consequences of their actions
to inspire the citizens of the United States and to send a message of hope for peace and unity
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- "when these words are put together to convey a meaning it is known as a sentence. a sentence is a group of words that makes complete sense. placing of words in a sentence is very important. the second sentence is a question."

stating your point of the article

even though there may be variations in human emotions over time, the poem “ a contribution to statistics” by wislawa symborska suggests that the only unchangeable characteristic is mortality.

the author poses a distinction between the approximate and non-approximate numbers which correspond to our need for certainty in life and the difficulty of achieving it. our efforts to measure the exact often fail because the world is not always clearly structured .the poem seems to imply   that the only thing that is certain and has an exact number is death.  

i would say the answer is a