which statement best tells how the underlined phrases in the paragraph are related? jim was strong as an ox and quick as lightning on the field. the coach considered him one of the best senior players. as long as the athlete didn't suffer any injuries and could keep his grades up, he had a good chance of playing in college. a. both phrases are metaphors for power and quickness. b. both phrases are figures of speech describing the coach. c. both phrases are similes describing jim. d. both phrases describe how jim feels about playing sports.

intonation based on rhythm.

the speech this question is referring to is president kennedy's special message to the congress on urgent national needs, may 25, 1961

kennedy responds in a very direct and concrete way to those thinking that communism is a positive system:

"yet their aggression is more often concealed than open. they have fired no missiles; and their troops are seldom seen. they send arms, agitators, aid, technicians and propaganda to every troubled area. but where fighting is required, it is usually done by others--by guerrillas striking at night, by assassins striking alone--assassins who have taken the lives of four thousand civil officers in the last twelve months in vietnam alone--by subversives and saboteurs and insurrectionists, who in some cases control whole areas inside of independent nations." (kennedy)

president kennedy presents communism as cowardly, as a hidden and treacherous weapon that strikes from the shadows like thieves, he represents the system as not even being capable of showing and open and overt attack or confrontation. to finish up the response, he expresses that the system attacks even a country's idependence and freedom.