Read the excerpt below and answer the question. And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country, should leave us no more?

In this excerpt from "The Star Spangled Banner," Francis Scott Key uses the word vauntingly to describe what?

the destruction caused by the battle
the willpower of the American people
the terrifying power of the naval ships
the overconfidence of the British troops

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Plz asap read this sentence from paragraph 3 of the article. the boys and girls are merely asked to obtain the signatures of ten friends or relatives. how does the word "merely" affect the meaning of the sentence? a- it suggests that asking people to subscribe to the washington times is something negative. b- it implies that obtaining ten signatures is not a requirement for receiving a prize. c- it downplays the fact that to win the prize, children must ask people to subscribe to the washington times. d- it emphasizes that children receive the prize only if they obtain ten signatures.

And are the two main components of poems that you need to be capable of making inferences and drawing conclusions about. and are the two main components of poems that you need to be capable of making inferences and drawing conclusions about. think its facts and clues