“ladies and gentlemen—” said the ballerina, reading the bulletin. she must have been extraordinarily beautiful, because the mask she wore was hideous. and it was easy to see that she was the strongest and most graceful of all the dancers, for her handicap bags were as big as those worn by two-hundred-pound men. what is ironic about this excerpt? the ballerina is described as beautiful, but she is actually hideous. the news bulletin being read on the television is about harrison. the ballerina is able to read the news bulletin flawlessly while wearing a mask and handicap bags. the handicaps devised to conceal the ballerina’s strength and beauty actually accentuate them.

Read this sentence from paragraph 4 of the speech. we set up the war-whoop, and dug up the tomahawk; our knives were ready, and the heart of black hawk swelled high in his bosom when he led his warriors to battle. how does black hawk use rhetoric to advance his viewpoint in this excerpt? a-the image of the “war-whoop,” the “tomahawk,” and the “knives” evoke violence, showing that black hawk took pleasure in fighting with the white men. b-the image of how his heart “swelled high in his bosom” evokes a feeling of pride, showing that black hawk believes his actions toward the white men were justified. c-the phrase “dug up the tomahawk” is an allusion to the many indian nations, showing that black hawk felt a kinship to others who had a similar plight. d- the phrase “led his warriors to battle” is an allusion to past wars, showing that black hawk believes war is a universal fact of life.