Select the correct text in the passage. Read this excerpt from Alice Gerstenberg's Alice in Wonderland. Which line of dialogue shows that Humpty Dumpty is proud of his appearance? ALICE: My name is Alice, but- HUMPTY DUMPTY: It's a stupid name enough, what does it mean? ALICE: Must a name mean something? HUMPTY DUMPTY: Of course it must, my name means the shape I am-and a good, handsome shape it is, too. With a name like yours, you might be any shape, almost. ALICE: You're Humpty Dumpty! Just like an egg. HUMPTY DUMPTY: It's very provoking, to be called an egg-very. ALICE: I said you looked like an egg, Sir, and some eggs are very pretty, you know. HUMPTY DUMPTY: Some people have no more sense than a baby. ALICE: Why do you sit here all alone? HUMPTY DUMPTY: Why, because there's nobody with me. Did you think I didn't know the answer to that? Ask another. ALICE: Don't you think you'd be safer down on the ground? That wall's so very narrow. HUMPTY DUMPTY: What tremendously easy riddles you ask! Of course I don't think so. Take a good look at mel I'm one that has spoken to a king, I am, to show you I'm not proud, you may shake hands with me! plz help me soon!!!

The line "Of course it must, my name means the shape I am-and a good, handsome shape it is, too. With a name like yours, you might be any shape, almost" shows Humpty Dumpty is proud of his appearance.

Explanation:

In his other lines of dialogue, Humpty is clearly arrogant and proud, but this line specifically shows that he is proud of his shape and looks.

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the price of our current war is high; it costs money and it costs lives.

but it does not cost our pride. it does not cost the guilt that would arise from knowing that we did nothing to intervene while our neighboring nations fell to despotic leaders.

it does not cost the terror of knowing that our allies are unstable. it does not cost the fear that we, too, will be next to fall.

which sentence most accurately explains why the speaker's use of the parallel structure is effective in this passage?

a. it underscores that disagreement will not be tolerated and will be dealt with swiftly.

b. it makes the speaker seem like a decisive and capable leader.

c. it emphasizes reasons to fight and inspires listeners to aid the war effort.

d. it establishes the speaker's credibility by acknowledging the difficulties of war.