Read the excerpt from President John F. Kennedy's 1961
inaugural address,
Which statement best summarizes the central idea in this
excerpt?
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that
we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any
hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the
survival and the success of liberty.
© All other countries need to know that we will fight them
at any cost to maintain our liberty.
We value our allies, but we will go our own way if they
do not agree to work with us.
The only way to achieve success is to fight for the things
you believe in, such as freedom.
we will do whatever it takes to preserve our freedom,
but will get more done working together.
This much we pledge and more.
To those old allies whose cultural and spiritual origins we
share, we pledge the loyalty of faithful friends. United, there
is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures.
Divided, there is little we can do--for we dare not meet a
powerful challenge at odds and split asunder.
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Read the passage first of all if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that[it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norway gazed down upon the world from it’s summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.