myPerspectives: English Language Arts Volume 1, California Grade 10
1st Edition
ISBN: 9780133339598
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Page 296: Inaugural Address (Video)
Exercise 1
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See sample answer below.
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He delivers the speech on a bitterly cold day (you can see his breath fogging every time he speaks) in front of the Capitol, in front of a large crowd of spectators, both in front and behind him. He is above the majority of the crowd, who must look up at him to watch him speak.
Exercise 2
Step 1
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a. “all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life”
b. “we are the heirs of that first revolution”
c. “those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside”
d. “not because the communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, but because it is right”
e. “if a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich”
f. “engulf all humanity”
g. “I do not shrink from this responsibility—I welcome it.”
h. “The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it—and the glow from that fire can truly light the world”
i. “Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.”
b. “we are the heirs of that first revolution”
c. “those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside”
d. “not because the communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, but because it is right”
e. “if a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich”
f. “engulf all humanity”
g. “I do not shrink from this responsibility—I welcome it.”
h. “The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it—and the glow from that fire can truly light the world”
i. “Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.”
Exercise 3
Step 1
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See sample answer below.
Result
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a. “unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world”
b. “oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty”
c. “those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside”
d. “And let every other power know that this hemisphere intends to remain the master of its own house”
e. “But let us begin”
f. “Will you join in that historic effort?”
g. “I do not shrink from this responsibility—I welcome it.”
h. “Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.”
i. “God’s work must truly be our own.”
b. “oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty”
c. “those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside”
d. “And let every other power know that this hemisphere intends to remain the master of its own house”
e. “But let us begin”
f. “Will you join in that historic effort?”
g. “I do not shrink from this responsibility—I welcome it.”
h. “Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.”
i. “God’s work must truly be our own.”
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