Which of the following is the best example of effective academic discourse? a) According to the American Lung Association, cigarette smokers are often portrayed as glamorous and attractive.
b) I learned the hard way that cigarettes aren't as fashionable and fun as the movies make them out to be.
c) Cigarettes are gross. Cigarettes are dangerous. Don't believe Hollywood. Cigarettes aren't cool.
d) Recreational tobacco inhalation is depicted as tantalizingly beguiling due to the fact that it evokes reckless abandon.

All of them

Explanation:

the correct answer is option d. the nature of democracy. on november 19, 1863, president abraham lincoln delivered his famous gettysburg address in gettysburg, pennsylvania. in his speech, rather than focusing on details of the war (soldiers, casualties, aftermath of battle), lincoln invoked the very nature of democracy, that power ultimately comes from the people, when stating, “government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish”. these words mean that democracy is a government by the people (citizens) in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by the people or by their elected representatives for the benefit of all citizens. the survival of democracy in the united states is one of the reasons why this speech so significant today.

b. cronkite, a trusted television personality, declared that the war was unwinnable and told the american people that the government had better find a way out

even though it went against everything the news anchors typically stood for, cronkite voiced an opinion and took a stance, telling the us that there was no way they were going to win, the war was going to end in a stalemate.