Read an excerpt from The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean. As you read, remember to use these tip
• Recall the definitions and uses of literary devices you have learned in this lesson.
Review the definitions and uses of literary devices.
Read and annotate the excerpt, identifying all the literary devices you find.
Describe the meaning of the literary devices.
Evaluate details and devices to determine the key ideas in the text and determine the author's pu
• Determine why the author used the devices and how they support the purpose of the text.
Then, write a paragraph that identifies literary devices in the excerpt, explains why the author uses eac
explains how they help the author achieve his purpose. Write your response in 100 to 175 words.

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.

the type of supporting detail is fact!

answer: they were written as a long tale

explanation:

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