Find at least one contrast in this next paragraph and write it here, explaining in what ways the words contrast with each other. This they would sing, as a chorus, to words which to many would seem unmeaning jargon, but which nevertheless, were full of meaning to themselves. I have sometimes thought that the mere hearing of those songs would do more to impress some minds with the horrible character of slavery, than the reading of whole volumes of philosophy on the subject could do.

Which number is main idea? i need this quick. 5. (1) preventing, not treating, social problems is the goal of an increasing number of programs. (2) by teaching teenagers to resist peer pressure, for example, one program them avoid serious problems with drinking and drugs. (3) in another program, nurses taught poor, young, pregnant women all the basics of good child care. (4) these young mothers then gave better care to their babies than mothers who did not receive such training. (5) a third program paired at-risk teenagers with adults from the community. (6) each adult agreed to meet with the teenager on a regular basis through all four years of high school. (7) the result was that none of the teenagers dropped out of high schools in which the average dropout rate was close to 50 percent. (8) instead, almost all of the teenagers went on to college.