Need to know ! read the passage from a speech by president barack obama. mr. secretary general; your excellencies, we are here because, right now, in crowded camps and cities around the world, there are families . . who’ve endured years . . as refugees, surviving on rations and aid, and who dream of someday, somehow, having a home of their own. we’re here because, right now, there are young girls . . who’ve suffered unspeakable abuse . . who pray at night that someone might rescue them from their torment. . we are here because, right now, there are mothers separated from their children—like the woman in a camp in greece, who held on to her family photographs . . and who said "my breath is my children . . every day i am dying 10, 20, 30 times.” which rhetorical device does obama use in this passage? understatement tricolon anaphora allusion

Read this passage: there were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a few raisins and almonds; some cheese that gregor had declared inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with butter and salt. "am i less sensitive than i used to be, then? ", he thought, and was already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the newspaper. quickly one after another, his eyes watering with pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them because he couldn't stand the smell. kafka, the metamorphosis (david wyllie, trans.) what can you infer about gregor from this excerpt? a. he enjoys disturbing his family by making a lot of noise. b. he is upset at being locked in the room and tries to escape. c. he is becoming less human and more like a bug. d. he is depressed and is trying to hurt himself.

Hamlet: ] it will but skin and film the ulcerous place, whiles rank corruption, mining all within, infects unseen. confess yourself to heaven; repent what’s past; avoid what is to come; and do not spread the compost on the weeds to make them ranker. —hamlet, william shakespeare what is the central motif in the passage? the passage of time madness disease and decay gardening

Provide at least two quotes from the play romeo and juliet to show that the characters’ differences did or did not define them.